학술논문
Variability in Specific Absorption Rate From Variation in Tissue Properties
Document Type
Periodical
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Source
IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques IEEE J. Multiscale Multiphys. Comput. Tech. Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, IEEE Journal on. 7:304-311 2022
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Language
ISSN
2379-8815
2379-8793
2379-8793
Abstract
This study evaluates the variance of specific absorption rate (SAR) due to expected variance in the dielectric properties of tissues in a 3D anatomical human head model exposed to a half-wave dipole antenna at 835 and 1900 MHz. Stochastic finite difference time domain (S-FDTD) is applied to calculate variations in the local SAR, and the 1- and 10-gram averaged SAR values. These are also compared at 835 MHz to variations found from Monte Carlo FDTD. It is found that for both frequencies dielectric property variance results in a variance of peak 1- or 10-gram SAR of approximately 30% to 55% of the mean SAR, depending on the frequency. These results show that to reach 95% confidence with the calculated SAR values for evaluating exposure guidelines, statistical variations in tissue electrical properties must be taken into account.