Determining the influence of Korean population variation on whole-body average SAR

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2709-2725

  Lee, Ae Kyoung ^a   Choi, Hyung Do ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZES; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; FREQUENCY RANGES; GENERAL PUBLICS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; HUMAN MODEL; MINIMUM VALUE; POLARIZED PLANE WAVES; POPULATION VARIATION; REFERENCE LEVELS; STANDING POSTURE; WHOLE-BODY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SAFETY FACTOR; TISSUE;

MODELS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860132806     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/9/2709     Document Type: Article

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