Novel methodology to characterize electromagnetic exposure of the brain

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-396

  Crespo Valero, Pedro ^a   Christopoulou, Maria ^b,c   Zefferer, Marcel ^c   Christ, Andreas ^c   Achermann, Peter ^d   Nikita, Konstantina S ^b   Kuster, Niels ^c,e  

^a Schmid & Partner Engineering AG   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION EXAMPLES; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PHONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPOSURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN MODEL; HUMAN STUDY; KEY ISSUES; LABELING SCHEME; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; NONUNIFORM FIELD; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; RADIO FREQUENCIES; TALAIRACH ATLAS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

DOSIMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; BRAIN; CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 79551672849     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/2/007     Document Type: Article

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