Whole-Body Averaged Specific Absorption Rate Estimation Using a Personal, Distributed Exposimeter

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 1534-1537

  Thielens, A ^a   Vanveerdeghem, P ^a   Agneessens, S ^a   Van Torre, P ^a   Vermeeren, G ^a   Rogier, H ^a   Martens, L ^a   Joseph, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; exposure assessment; finite difference time domain simulations; radio frequency; specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BALLOONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIO WAVES; TEXTILES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (GSM); PREDICTION INTERVAL; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVERS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 84938780715     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2014.2368597     Document Type: Article

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