title: FDTD calculations of the whole-body averaged SAR in an anatomically realistic voxel model of the human body from 1 MHz to 1 GHz.
abstract: This paper presents finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations of the whole-body averaged SAR in an anatomically realistic voxel model of the human body. This model, NORMAN, consists of approximately 9 million voxels, of 2 mm dimension in the adult phantom, segmented into 37 tissue types. SAR values are presented for an adult phantom and for scaled 10, 5 and 1 year old models, grounded and isolated in air from 1 MHz to 1 GHz for plane wave exposure. External electric field values corresponding to a whole-body averaged SAR of 0.4 W kg-1 are also presented.
authors.affiliation: National Radiological Protection Board, Didcot, Oxon, UK.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Dimbylow
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006361:Heating / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008872:Microwaves / Q000009:adverse effects; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011846:Radio Waves / Q000009:adverse effects