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Radiofrequency Radiation
Dosimetry Handbook
(Fourth Edition)
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Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- HOW TO USE DOSIMETRIC DATA IN THIS HANDBOOK
- SOME BASICS OF ELECTROMAGNETICS
3.1. Terms and Units
- 3.1.1. Glossary
- 3.1.2. Measurement Units
- 3.1.3. Vectors and Fields
3.2. Field Characteristics
- 3.2.1. Electric Fields
- 3.2.2. Magnetic Fields
- 3.2.3. Static Field
- 3.2.4 Quasi-Static Fields
- 3.2.5. Electric Potential
- 3.2.6. Interaction of Fields with Materials
- 3.2.7. Maxwell's Equations
- 3.2.8. Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations
- 3.2.9. Solutions to Maxwell's Equations Related to
Wavelength
- 3.2.10. Near Fields
- 3.2.11. Far Fields
- 3.2.12. Guided Waves
- 3.3.1. Poynting's Theorem (Energy Conservation Theorem)
- 3.3.2. Interaction of fields with Objects
- 3.3.3. Electrical Properties of Biological Tissue
- 3.3.4. Planewave Absorption Versus Frequency
- 3.3.5. Polarization
- 3.3.6. Specific Absorption Rate
- 3.4.1. Electric-Field Measurements
- 3.4.2. Magnetic-Field Measurements
- 3.4.3. SAR Measurements
- DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
- 4.1.1. Electrical Properties
- 4.1.2. Membrane Interactions
- 4.1.3. Field-Generated Force Effects
- 4.1.4. Possibility of Weak Nonthermal Interactions
4.2. Measurement Techniques
- 4.2.1. Introduction
- 4.2.2. Low-Frequency Techniques
- 4.2.3. High-Frequency Techniques
- 4.2.4. Time-Domain Measurements
- 4.2.5. Measurement of In Vivo Dielectric Properties
- 4.2.6. Summary
- THEORETICAL DOSIMETRY
5.1 Methods of Calculation
- 5.1.1. Planewave Dosimetry
- 5.1.2. Near-Field Dosimetry
- 5.1.3. Sensitivity of SAR Calculations to Permitivity
Changes
- 5.1.4. Relative Absorption Cross Section
- 5.1.5. Qualitative Dosimetry
- CALCULATED DOSIMETRIC DATA
- 6.2.1 Short-Dipole and Small-Loop Irradiators
- 6.2.2. Aperture Fields
- EXPERIMENTAL DOSIMETRY
7.2. Measurement Techniques
- 7.2.1. Dosimetry Requirements
- 7.2.2. Holding Devices
- 7.2.3. Exposure Devices for Experimental Subjects
- 7.2.4. Incident-Field Measurements
- 7.2.5. Measurement of Specific Absorption Rates
- 7.2.6. Scaled-Model Techniques
- EXPERIMENTAL DOSIMETRIC DATA
- DOSIMETRY IN THE VERY-LOW-FREQUENCY AND MEDIUM-FREQUENCY RANGES
- 9.1.1. Calculation of Current
- 9.1.2. Measurement of Body Potential and Dimensions
- 9.1.3. Calculation of Body Resistance and SAR
- THERMAL RESPONSES OF MAN AND ANIMALS
- 10.5.1. Human Data
- 10.5.2. Animal Data
- 10.6.1. Vasomotor Control
- 10.6.2. Sweating
- 10.7.1. Models of the Thermoregulatory System
- 10.7.2. Data for Heat-Response Calculations
- 10.7.3. Calculations
- Radiofrequency Radiation Safety Standards
11.2. RFR Safety Standards
- 11.2.1. American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
Standards
- 11.2.2. American Conference of Govermental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH) TLV
- 11.2.3. United States Federal Guidelines
- 11.2.4. International Radiation Protection Association
Guidelines
11.3 Physical Considerations Inherents in Application of New RFR Safety Guidelines
- 11.3.1. RFR Penetration and Absorption in Biological
Systems
- 11.3.2. Partial Versus Whole-Body Exposures
- 11.3.3. Subject and Source Dynamics
Go to Chapter 1.
Last modified: June 14, 1997
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