Temperature Profiles in Spheres Due to Electromagnetic Heating
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Microwave Power
- Vol. 16 (3), 327-344
- https://doi.org/10.1080/16070658.1981.11689256
Abstract
This study predicts the steady state temperature rise in a homogeneous tissue sphere exposed to plane wave electromagnetic energy. The differential equation for heat transfer is solved, assuming heat transfer mechanisms of convection (due to blood flow), conduction, and evapotranspiration from the surface. The tissue heating is described by the specific absorption rate (SAR), which is a known function of the size and dielectric properties of the sphere and the frequency of the incident electro-magnetic energy. We consider the limiting cases of irradiation at very low frequencies, very high distance in the SAR is effectively averaged to produce a smoothly varying temperature increase. The results of this study are used to predict the maximum temperature rise in the human head, produced by an incident electromagnetic plane wave.Keywords
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