Millimeter wave dosimetry of human skin

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Alekseev, S I ^a   Radzievsky, A A ^a   Logani, M K ^a   Ziskin, M C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave reflection; Penetration depth; Power density profile

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE POWER;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; HUMAN SKIN; MILLIMETER WAVE REFLECTION; MM WAVES; PENETRATION DEPTH; POWER DENSITIES; POWER-DENSITY PROFILES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STRATUM CORNEUM; WAVE REFLECTIONS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DERMIS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPIDERMIS; EVALUATION; FOREARM; HAND PALM; MEASUREMENT; MILLIMETER WAVE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; THICKNESS;

EID: 38049006019     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20363     Document Type: Article

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