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Development of a FDTD Simulator for the Calculation of Temperature Rise in Human Heads from Mobile Phones Operation

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In this work a complete software tool, which uses the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, was developed from scratch. This tool comprises a full three-dimensional (3D) wave electromagnetic simulator and a bioheat equation solver. The application of this tool, using an anatomically based model of the human head, allows the electromagnetic and thermal analysis of a head exposed to the radiation of a mobile phone, through the determination of the specific absorption rate (SAR). Preliminary results show good agreement with previous published numerical and measurement results taken for similar formulations.

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  1. IT’IS Foundation, Zeughausstrasse 43, 8004, Zurich, Switzerland

    Adamos G. Kyriakou

  2. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, GR-67100, Xanthi, Greece

    Elias Aitides & Michael T. Chryssomallis

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, National Technical University of Athens, 9, Iroon Polytechniou, 15773, Athens, Greece

    Konstantina S. Nikita

  2. University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 S. Morgan M/C 154, 60607, Chicago, IL, USA

    James C. Lin

  3. Dept.of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 451 10, Ioannina, Greece

    Dimitrios I. Fotiadis

  4. Dpto. Tecnología Fotónica, ETSI Telecomunicación, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Life Supporting Technologies, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Maria-Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer

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Kyriakou, A.G., Aitides, E., Chryssomallis, M.T. (2012). Development of a FDTD Simulator for the Calculation of Temperature Rise in Human Heads from Mobile Phones Operation. In: Nikita, K.S., Lin, J.C., Fotiadis, D.I., Arredondo Waldmeyer, MT. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2011. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_56

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