Exposure of the human brain to an electromagnetic plane wave in the 100-1000 MHz frequency range for potential treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1565-1572

  Khaleghi, A ^a,b   Eslampanah Sendi, M S ^c   Chavez Santiago R ^a,d,e   Mesiti, F ^d   Balasingham, I ^a,d,e  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; OPTIMAL FREQUENCY BANDS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; VOXEL REPRESENTATION;

BRAIN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY BANDS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLARIZATION;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84879997363     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2012.0436     Document Type: Article

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