Statistical analysis of whole-body absorption depending on anatomical human characteristics at a frequency of 2.1 GHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1875-1887

  Habachi, A El ^a   Conil, E ^a   Hadjem, A ^a   Vazquez, E ^b   Wong, M F ^a   Gati, A ^a   Fleury, G ^b   Wiart, J ^a  

^a WHIST Lab   (France)

^b SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE; ESTIMATION ERRORS; FREQUENCY CARRIERS; HUMAN MODEL; MORPHING TECHNIQUES; PLANE WAVE; REGRESSION MODEL; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE MODELS; WHOLE-BODY;

ABSORPTION; ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 77949729325     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/7/006     Document Type: Article

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