An efficient bilateral dual-grid-FDTD approach applied to on-body transmission analysis and specific absorption rate computation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2375-2382

  Miry, Cline ^a   Loison, Renaud ^a   Gillard, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; on body transmission

Indexed keywords

900 MHZ; COARSE MESHES; FDTD SIMULATIONS; FDTD TECHNIQUES; FULL-DUPLEX; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BODIES; NEW APPROACHES; ON-BODY; PREGNANT WOMAN; SIMULATION STRATEGIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TYPICAL APPLICATION;

ABSORPTION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; RADAR ANTENNAS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 77956615271     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2058270     Document Type: Article

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