THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Uglješa Z. Jovanović

,

Dejan D. Krstić

,

Darko N. Zigar

,

Jelena R. Malenović-Nikolić

,

Sveta G. Cvetanović

TEMPERATURE ELEVATION OF A HUMAN BRAIN INDUCED BY A MOBILE PHONE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

ABSTRACT
This paper analyzes the specific absorption rate and the temperature elevation of the brain within an adult’s man head exposed to electromagnetic radiation. The source of electromagnetic radiation is a contemporary mobile phone operating at 900 MHz. Simulations were performed on an anatomically accurate AustinMan 2.6 voxel-based human model with a resolution of 1 × 1 × 1 mm3. The thermal analysis focuses on temperature distribution on the brain surface in fixed time steps during one hour of continuous mobile phone use.
KEYWORDS
SAR, electromagnetic radiation, mobile phone, voxel-based human model, brain, temperature, simulation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2022-07-18
PAPER REVISED: 2022-09-24
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-10-04
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2022-11-12
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI220718165J
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2023, VOLUME 27, ISSUE Issue 3, PAGES [2433 - 2442]
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