Experimental quasi-microwave whole-body averaged SAR estimation method using cylindrical-external field scanning

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E93-B, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1826-1833

  Kawamura, Yoshifumi ^a   Hikage, Takashi ^a   Nojima, Toshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field measurement; Mobile phone frequency; Plane wave exposure system; Scaled model; Whole body averaged SAR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY BANDS; MOBILE PHONES; NUMERICAL METHODS; TELEPHONE SETS;

ESTIMATION METHODS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; PLANE WAVE; REALISTIC HUMAN MODELS; SCALED MODELING; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE BODY;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954317962     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E93.B.1826     Document Type: Article

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