@article{ref1,
title="FDTD analysis of body core temperature elevation in children and adults for whole-body exposure",
journal="Physics in medicine and biology",
year="2008",
author="Hirata, Akimasa and Asano, Takayuki and Fujiwara, Osamu",
volume="53",
number="18",
pages="5223-5238",
abstract="The temperature elevations in anatomically based human phantoms of an adult and a 3-year-old child were calculated for radio-frequency whole-body exposure. Thermoregulation in children, however, has not yet been clarified. In the present study, we developed a computational thermal model of a child that is reasonable for simulating body-core temperature elevation. Comparison of measured and simulated temperatures revealed thermoregulation in children to be similar to that of adults. Based on this finding, we calculated the body-core temperature elevation in a 3-year-old child and an adult for plane-wave exposure at the basic restriction in the international guidelines. The body-core temperature elevation in the 3-year-old child phantom was 0.03. C at a wholebodyaveraged specific absorption rate of 0.08W kg(-1), which was 35% smaller than in the adult female. This difference is attributed to the child's higher body surface area-to-mass ratio. KW: Hyperthermia in automobiles<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-9155",
doi="10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/025",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/025"
}