Author/Editor		Gajšek, Peter; Ziriax, JM; Hurt, WD; Walters, TJ; Mason, PA
Title		Predicted SAR in Sprague-Dawley rat as a function of permittivity values
Type		članek
Source		Bioelectromagnetics
Vol. and No.		Letnik 22, št. 6
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 384-400
Language		eng
Abstract		Specific absorption rate (SAR) value is dependent on permittivity value. However, variability in the published permittivity values for human and animal tissue and the development of sophisticated 3-dimensional digital anatomical models to predict SAR values has resulted in the need to understand how model parameters (permittivity value) affect the predicted whole body and localized SAR values. In this paper, we establish the partial derivative of whole body SARs and localized SAR values (defined as SAR for individual organs with respect to a change in the permittivity values of all tissue types, as well as for those tissues with the most variable permittivity values. Variations in the published permittivity values may substantially influence whole body and localized SAR values, but only under special conditions. Orientation of the exposed object to the incident electromagnetic wave is one of the most crucial factors.
Descriptors		ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS RADIO WAVES RADIATION DOSAGE RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY MODELS, THEORETICAL DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION