Calculated SAR distributions in a human voxel phantom due to the reflection of electromagnetic fields from a ground plane between 65 MHz and 2 GHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2277-2289

  Findlay, R P ^a   Dimbylow, P J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANKLE CURRENTS; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 42449135811     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/9/005     Document Type: Article

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