SAR simulations & safety

TM Fiedler, ME Ladd, AK Bitz - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
At ultra-high fields, the assessment of radiofrequency (RF) safety presents several new
challenges compared to low-field systems. Multi-channel RF transmit coils in combination …

Advances in computational human phantoms and their applications in biomedical engineering—a topical review

W Kainz, E Neufeld, WE Bolch, CG Graff… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decades, significant improvements have been made in the field of
computational human phantoms (CHPs) and their applications in biomedical engineering …

The Virtual Family—development of surface-based anatomical models of two adults and two children for dosimetric simulations

A Christ, W Kainz, EG Hahn, K Honegger… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The objective of this study was to develop anatomically correct whole body human models of
an adult male (34 years old), an adult female (26 years old) and two children (an 11-year-old …

Risk of brain tumours in relation to estimated RF dose from mobile phones: results from five Interphone countries

E Cardis, BK Armstrong, JD Bowman… - Occupational and …, 2011 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives The objective of this study was to examine the associations of brain tumours with
radio frequency (RF) fields from mobile phones. Methods Patients with brain tumour from the …

The dependence of electromagnetic far-field absorption on body tissue composition in the frequency range from 300 MHz to 6 GHz

A Christ, A Klingenbock, T Samaras… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dielectric parameters of the tissue simulating liquids to assess the exposure from mobile
phones were determined in a previous study considering the tissue distribution of the …

Analysis of RF exposure in the head tissues of children and adults

J Wiart, A Hadjem, MF Wong… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper analyzes the radio frequencies (RF) exposure in the head tissues of children
using a cellular handset or RF sources (a dipole and a generic handset) at 900, 1800, 2100 …

Age-dependent tissue-specific exposure of cell phone users

A Christ, MC Gosselin, M Christopoulou… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The peak spatial specific absorption rate (SAR) assessed with the standardized specific
anthropometric mannequin head phantom has been shown to yield a conservative exposure …

Distribution of RF energy emitted by mobile phones in anatomical structures of the brain

E Cardis, I Deltour, S Mann… - Physics in Medicine …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The rapid worldwide increase in mobile phone use in the last decade has generated
considerable interest in possible carcinogenic effects of radio frequency (RF). Because …

MRI-based anatomical model of the human head for specific absorption rate mapping

N Makris, L Angelone, S Tulloch, S Sorg… - Medical & biological …, 2008 - Springer
In this study, we present a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based, high-resolution,
numerical model of the head of a healthy human subject. In order to formulate the model, we …

Enhanced map-matching algorithm with a hidden Markov model for mobile phone positioning

A Luo, S Chen, B Xv - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2017 - mdpi.com
Numerous map-matching techniques have been developed to improve positioning, using
Global Positioning System (GPS) data and other sensors. However, most existing map …