Correlation of specific absorption rates in the human head due to multiple independent sources

Author

Whittow, William ; Panagamuwa, Chinthana ; Derat, Benoit ; Morrow, Ivor L.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Electr. Eng. Dept., Loughborough Univ., Loughborough, UK

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

408

Abstract

This paper examines how the SAR in the head is combined when exposed to the field due to multiple sources. The mechanisms when the sources have the same and different frequencies are discussed. FDTD simulation results are included when an anatomically realistic head is excited by various sources including: plane waves, vertically and horizontally orientated dipoles positioned in front and by the side of the head. Results are presented for two sources over the frequency range 0.5 to 4 GHz.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; electromagnetic wave absorption; finite difference time-domain analysis; neurophysiology; FDTD simulation; frequency 0.5 GHz to 4 GHz; horizontally orientated dipole; human head; plane waves; specific absorption rates; vertically orientated dipole; Antennas and propagation; Finite difference methods; GSM; Head; Heating; Humans; Mobile handsets; Radio frequency; Root mean square; Specific absorption rate;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas & Propagation Conference, 2009. LAPC 2009. Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2720-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2721-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2009.5352433

Filename

5352433