SAR calculations from 20 MHz to 6 GHz in the University of Florida newborn voxel phantom and their implications for dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1519-1530

  Dimbylow, Peter ^a   Bolch, Wesley ^b,c   Lee, Choonsik ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FDTD CALCULATIONS; FINE RESOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; IRRADIATION GEOMETRIES; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINES; PUBLIC EXPOSURE; REFERENCE LEVELS; SAR CALCULATIONS; SURFACE MODELS; SURFACE REPRESENTATION; UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA; VOXEL MODELS; VOXEL PHANTOMS; WHOLE BODY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

INTERPOLATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77951937021     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/017     Document Type: Article

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