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2013-12-20 13:55
Quantification of Whole-body Average SAR for Small Animals in Reverberation-Chamber-Type Whole-Body Exposure System Jingjing Shi (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.), Jerdvisanop Chakarothai (NICT), Jianqing Wang (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.), Kanako Wake, Soichi Watanabe (NICT), Osamu Fujiwara (Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) EMCJ2013-106 |
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This paper aims to perform a verification study for a hybrid approach and to achieve a high-quality exposure level quantification of whole-body average-specific absorption rate (WBA-SAR) for small animals in a medium-size reverberation chamber (RC). The hybrid approach, which incorporates the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical solutions with electric field measurements in a RC-type exposure system, has been used as an evaluation method to determine the whole-body exposure level in small animals. However, there are few data to quantitatively demonstrate the validity and accuracy of this approach in a RC up to now. In order to clarify the validity of the hybrid approach, we compare the physical quantities in terms of electric field strength and WBA-SAR by using a direct numerical assessment method known as the method of moments (MoM) with a homogenous phantom placed in a RC. The comparison results show that the relative error between the hybrid approach and the MoM approach is approximately below 10%, which demonstrate the validity and usefulness of the hybrid technique. Finally, we perform a dosimetric analysis of the WBA-SAR for anatomical mouse models with the hybrid approach and determine the input power related to our RC-exposure system to achieve a target exposure level in small animals. |
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Specific absorption rate (SAR) / reverberation-chamber (RC) / exposure system / finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method / method of moments (MoM) / / / |
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IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 113, no. 368, EMCJ2013-106, pp. 31-36, Dec. 2013. |
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EMCJ2013-106 |
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2013-12-13 (EMCJ) |
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Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685 Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380 |
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