Dosimetric analysis of a 900-MHz rat head exposure system

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 2076-2083

  Leveque, Philippe ^a   Dale, Christian ^b   Veyret, Bernard ^c   Wiart, Joe ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Loop antenna; Mobile phone; RF exposure system; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); LOOP ANTENNA; MOBILE PHONE; RF EXPOSURE SYSTEM; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4043059946     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.831984     Document Type: Article

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