Formulation and characterization of tissue equivalent liquids used for RF densitometry and dosimetry measurements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 2046-2056

  Kanda, Michael Y ^a   Ballen, Maurice ^a   Salins, Sheldon ^a   Chou, Chung Kwang ^a   Balzano, Quirino ^b  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Densitometry; Dielectric properties; Dosimetry; Permittivity; Specific absorption rate (SAR); Specific heat capacity; Tissue equivalent liquids; Tissue simulating liquids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITOMETERS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHERS; FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; SPECIFIC HEAT;

DENSITOMETRY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY; TISSUE EQUIVALENT LIQUIDS; TISSUE SIMULATING LIQUIDS;

TISSUE;

EID: 4043068455     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832001     Document Type: Article

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