Effects of dielectric values of human body on specific absorption rate following 430, 800, and 1200 mhz rf exposure to ingestible wireless device

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-59

  Xu, L S ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^b   Hu, Chao ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric value; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Ingestible wireless device (IWD); Radiation characteristics; SAR

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC VALUES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN BODY MODELS; HUMAN BODY TISSUES; INPUT POWER; NEAR FIELDS; OPERATION FREQUENCY; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION INTENSITY; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SAFETY STANDARD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WIRELESS DEVICES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HISTOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; RADIO; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SMALL INTESTINE;

ABSORPTION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 76849096482     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2009.2029853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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