Assessment of SAR in the tissues near a cochlear implant exposed to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Sibella, F ^a   Parazzini, M ^a   Paglialonga, A ^a,b   Ravazzani, P ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRONIC DEVICES; EXPOSURE SOURCES; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; HARMFUL EFFECTS; HEAD MODELS; HEARING IMPAIRMENTS; HORIZONTAL POLARIZATIONS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PLANE WAVES; RADIO-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SAR DISTRIBUTIONS;

AUDITION; DIGITAL FILTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MEMBRANE MODEL; METAL IMPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROUS BONE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION; TISSUE;

ABSORPTION; CELLULAR PHONE; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 64549084479     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/N03     Document Type: Article

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