Stochastic method for determination of the organ-specific averaged SAR in realistic environments at 950 MHz

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 549-562

  Thielens, Arno ^a   Vermeeren, Günter ^a   Joseph, Wout ^a   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Organ specific averaged SAR; Realistic electromagnetic environment

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GRAVITATION; INTERPOLATION; PHANTOMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AVERAGE ERRORS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; ORGAN-SPECIFIC AVERAGED SAR; PHANTOMS; PLANE WAVE; REALISTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT; STOCHASTIC METHODS; WAVE EXPOSURE;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

SAROSA;

ABSORPTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; ORGAN-SPECIFIC AVERAGED SAR; RADIOMETRY; REALISTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ORGAN-SPECIFIC AVERAGED SAR; REALISTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT;

ABSORPTION; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84890857094     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21799     Document Type: Article

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