title: The use of FDTD in establishing in vitro experimentation conditions representative of lifelike cell phone radiation on the spermatozoa.
abstract: Recent studies have shown that exposing human semen samples to cell phone radiation leads to a significant decline in sperm parameters. In daily living, a cell phone is usually kept in proximity to the groin, such as in a trouser pocket, separated from the testes by multiple layers of tissue. The aim of this study was to calculate the distance between cell phone and semen sample to set up an in vitro experiment that can mimic real life conditions (cell phone in trouser pocket separated by multiple tissue layers). For this reason, a computational model of scrotal tissues was designed by considering these separating layers, the results of which were used in a series of simulations using the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. To provide an equivalent effect of multiple tissue layers, these results showed that the distance between a cell phone and semen sample should be 0.8 cm to 1.8 cm greater than the anticipated distance between a cell phone and the testes.
authors: Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
authors: Rand
authors: R
authors: Mouradi
authors: Nisarg
authors: N
authors: Desai
authors: Ahmet
authors: A
authors: Erdemir
authors: Ashok
authors: A
authors: Agarwal
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D040421:Cell Phone; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011846:Radio Waves; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D012661:Semen / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013737:Testis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013997:Time Factors