An algorithm for predicting the change in SAR in a human phantom due to deviations in its complex permittivity

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-226

  Douglas, Mark G ^a,b   Kanda, Michael Y ^c   Luengas, Wilson G ^d,e   Ballen, Maurice ^a   Babij, Tadeusz M ^d   Chou, Chung Kwang ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic propagation in absorbing media; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods; Mobile communication; Moment methods; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SIZE; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION IN ABSORBING MEDIA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HUMAN PHANTOMS; MEASUREMENT STANDARDS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MOBILE TELEPHONES; MOMENT METHODS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAR DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TIGHT TOLERANCES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT LIQUIDS;

ALGORITHMS; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR ANTENNAS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 67349143238     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2008.2011994     Document Type: Article

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