Title :
Ceramic dry-phantom and its application to SAR estimation
Author :
Nojima, T. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Yamada, K. ; Uebayashi, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Radio Commun. Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
A dry-phantom material having the same microwave properties as biological tissues was developed. The new phantom, composed of ceramics, overcomes various problems incidental to the conventional jelly phantom. Experiments were performed to estimate specific energy absorption rates of human heads exposed to microwave sources by using the thermography method.<>
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; biothermics; ceramics; microwave imaging; SAR estimation; biological tissues; ceramics; dry-phantom material; energy absorption rates; human heads; microwave properties; microwave sources; thermography method; Biological materials; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Ceramics; Dielectric materials; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Humans; Imaging phantoms; Muscles; Specific absorption rate;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-591-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1991.146959
