Automated Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry

Abstract

The interaction of radiofrequency (RF) and microwave (MW) electromagnetic radiation with biological tissues is of increasing importance from the standpoint of health and safety. From considerable literature devoted to the study of RF and MW bioeffects based primarily on animal experimentation it has been determined that bioeffects are correlated with mass-normalized rates of RF or MW energy absorption (specific absorption rates or SARs). An emphasis of our project was to improve the efficiency of the SAR algorithms and to extend their use to higher RF and MW frequencies. Another objective was to adapt these algorithms to computing workstations and distributed memory parallel processors that are becoming more affordable and hence readily available to potential users of these codes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA238045

Entities

People

  • Om P. Gandhi

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Brain
  • Cell Size
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Dielectric Properties
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Finite Difference Time Domain
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • High Resolution
  • Medical Personnel
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design