title: An anatomically realistic voxel model of the pregnant woman and numerical dosimetry for a whole-body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields.
abstract: The numerical dosimetry of pregnant women is one of the most important issues in electromagnetic-field safety. We have recently developed a whole-body numerical female model of an adult Japanese (non-pregnant) average figure. Therefore, a new fetus model including inherent tissues of pregnant women was constructed based on abdominal MRI data of a 7-month pregnant woman. A whole-body pregnant woman model was developed by combining the new fetus and the female models. The anatomical details of the developed pregnant woman model and basic SAR characteristics for whole-body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields are demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Information & Communication Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Osada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011846:Radio Waves; D011859:Radiography; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting