Postured voxel-based human models for electromagnetic dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7047-7061

  Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^a   Watanabe, Soichi ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN MODELS; INTERNAL TISSUES; JAPANESE MODELS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES; STANDING POSTURES; TISSUE TYPES; TRANSFORMATION METHODS; ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCIES; VOXEL MODELS;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SITTING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STANDING; TISSUE TYPES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 58149263227     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/24/003     Document Type: Article

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