Head exposure system for a human provocation study to assess the possible influence of UMTS-like electromagnetic fields on cerebral blood circulation using near-infrared imaging

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-133

  Lehmann, Hugo ^a   Pollara, Laurent ^a   Spichtig, Sonja ^b   Kühn, Sven ^c   Wolf, Martin ^b  

^a Swisscom AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Head exposure setup; Near infrared imaging (NIRI); SAR assessment; UMTS EMF

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SOFTWARE TESTING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM;

HEAD EXPOSURE SETUP; INFRARED IMAGING SENSORS; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; RATE ASSESSMENTS; SIMPLE++; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM-ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; MOBILE PHONE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CELL PHONES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84855358236     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20688     Document Type: Article

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