• DocumentCode
    922044
  • Title

    Electromagnetic Absorption in Multilayered Cylindrical Models of Man

  • Author

    Massoudi, Habib ; Durney, Carl H. ; Barber, Peter W. ; Iskander, Magdy F.

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    10/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    825
  • Lastpage
    830
  • Abstract
    The absorption characteristics of multilayered cylindrical models of man irradiated by a normally incident electromagnetic plane wave are investigated. Numerical calculations for a specific skin-fat-muscle cylindrical model of man predict a layering resonance at 1.2 GHz with an average specific absorption rate (SAR) about double that calculated for the corresponding homogeneous model. The layering resonance frequency is found to be the same for incident waves polarized parallel and perpendicular to the cylinder axis. The effects of layers on whole-body absorption by man are determined by averaging the effects obtained for many combinations of skin and fat thicknesses. Absorption effects due to clothing are also investigated.
  • Keywords
    Clothing; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic scattering; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Polarization; Predictive models; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Skin; Specific absorption rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129742
  • Filename
    1129742