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An anatomically realistic voxel model of the pregnant woman and numerical dosimetry for a whole-body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields.

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Nagaoka T, Togashi T, Saito K, Takahashi M, Ito K, Ueda T, Osada H, Ito H, Watanabe S · 2006

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This computer modeling study developed tools to calculate RF radiation absorption in pregnant women, highlighting the need for pregnancy-specific EMF safety research.

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Japanese researchers created a detailed computer model of a pregnant woman and her 7-month-old fetus to study how radiofrequency radiation affects both mother and baby during whole-body exposure. This was a modeling study that developed tools for calculating radiation absorption (called SAR) in pregnant women, rather than measuring actual health effects. The research provides important groundwork for understanding how EMF exposure during pregnancy might differ from exposure in non-pregnant women.

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The numerical dosimetry of pregnant women is one of the most important issues in electromagnetic-field safety. We have recently developed a whole-body numerical female model of an adult Japanese (non-pregnant) average figure. Therefore, a new fetus model including inherent tissues of pregnant women was constructed based on abdominal MRI data of a 7-month pregnant woman. A whole-body pregnant woman model was developed by combining the new fetus and the female models.

The anatomical details of the developed pregnant woman model and basic SAR characteristics for whole...

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Nagaoka T, Togashi T, Saito K, Takahashi M, Ito K, Ueda T, Osada H, Ito H, Watanabe S (2006). An anatomically realistic voxel model of the pregnant woman and numerical dosimetry for a whole-body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 1:5463-5467, 2006.
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@article{t_2006_an_anatomically_realistic_voxel_3263,
  author = {Nagaoka T and Togashi T and Saito K and Takahashi M and Ito K and Ueda T and Osada H and Ito H and Watanabe S},
  title = {An anatomically realistic voxel model of the pregnant woman and numerical dosimetry for a whole-body exposure to RF electromagnetic fields.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17946307/},
}
PubMed: 17946307

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Japanese researchers created a detailed computer model of a pregnant woman and her 7-month-old fetus to study how radiofrequency radiation affects both mother and baby during whole-body exposure. This was a modeling study that developed tools for calculating radiation absorption (called SAR) in pregnant women, rather than measuring actual health effects. The research provides important groundwork for understanding how EMF exposure during pregnancy might differ from exposure in non-pregnant women.