FDTD calculations of specific absorption rate in fetus caused by electromagnetic waves from mobile radio terminal using pregnant woman model

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 554-559

  Togashi, Toshihiro ^b   Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^a,c   Kikuchi, Satoru ^a,b   Saito, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Watanabe, Soichi ^a,c   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a,b   Ito, Koichi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Finite difference time domain method; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mobile radio terminal; Pregnant woman; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

PREGNANT WOMAN MODELS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

ABSORPTION;

EID: 38849085817     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.914625     Document Type: Article

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