Numerical prediction of SAR and thermal elevation in a 0.25-mm 3-D model of the human eye exposed to handheld transmitters

IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Buccella, Concettina ^a   De Santis, Valerio ^a   Feliziani, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Handheld transmitter; Human exposure to em fields; Human eye exposure; Numerical methods; SAR; Thermal analysis; Wireless systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC MOLDS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; THERMOANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TRANSMITTERS;

HANDHELD TRANSMITTER; HUMAN EXPOSURE TO EM FIELDS; HUMAN EYE EXPOSURE; SAR; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 47849109330     PISSN: 10774076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISEMC.2007.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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