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Original Article

Three-dimensional theoretical SAR and temperature distributions created in brain tissue by 915 and 2450 MHz dipole antenna arrays with varying insertion depths

J. A. Mechling Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA; US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH, 03755-1290, USA
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J. W. Strohbehn Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
Pages 529-542 | Received 25 Feb 1991, Accepted 03 Jan 1992, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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