Specific absorption rate and current densities in the human eye and head induced by the telemetry link of an epiretinal prosthesis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 2, 2009, Pages 3110-3118

  Singh, Vinit ^a   Qusba, Amit ^a   Roy, Arup ^b   Castro, Richard A ^b   McClure, Kelly ^b   Dai, Rongching ^b   Greenberg, Robert J ^b   Weiland, James D ^c   Humayun, Mark S ^c   Lazzi, Gianluca ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Second Sight Medical Products Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE TESTING; EPIRETINAL PROSTHESIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; HUMAN EYE; HUMAN HEAD; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUCTIVE LINK; INPUT POWER; INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS; MEDICAL PRODUCTS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; SAFETY STANDARD; SECONDARY COILS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TELEMETRY SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PROSTHETICS; RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SAFETY TESTING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 76149084780     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2028498     Document Type: Article

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