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Table 2 Power absorbed per unit area in different body compartments+

From: Modeling thermal responses in human subjects following extended exposure to radiofrequency energy

Tissue (thickness, cm)

450 MHz

2450 MHz

 

ε *

Power (W/m2)

ε *

Power (W/m2)

Skin (0.3)

49-27j

0.09

38-10.7j

0.16

Fat (1.25)

11.6-3.3j

0.03

5.3-0.77j

0.03

Muscle (4.4)

56.7-32j

0.34

53-13j

0.08

Core

56.7-32j

0.07

53-13j

0.0

TOTAL

 

0.53

 

0.27

  1. + Calculated assuming an incident power density Io = 1 W/m2. ε * is the complex permittivity of the tissue (expressed as a real and imaginary part).
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