Evaluation of specific absorption rate for a fetus by portable radio terminal close to the abdomen of a pregnant woman

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 12 PART 1, 2010, Pages 3859-3865

  Akimoto, Shimpei ^a   Kikuchi, Satoru ^a   Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^b   Saito, Kazuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Soichi ^b   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; portable radio terminal; pregnant woman; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

E-M WAVES; FETUS; INPUT POWER; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORTABLE RADIO; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIATED POWER; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WIRELESS RADIOS;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 78650263857     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2083912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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