TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Heating rate modeling and measurements in phantom and in vivo of the human upper extremity in a defective 2450 MHz microwave oven
JO  - Journal of microwave power and electromagnetic energy
A1  - Oleson, J.
A1  - Samulski, T.
A1  - Clegg, S.
A1  - Das, Sreekanta
A1  - Grant, W.
SP  - 101
EP  - 108
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
N2  - Multiple door interlock switches in commercial microwave ovens are designed to prevent accidental exposure and injury. We report a) heating rate (degree/sec) measurements in a phantom of the human upper extremity in a 2450 MHz microwave oven having interlock switches deliberately bypassed; b) skin temperature measurements on the upper extremity of a human volunteer similarly exposed; c) perception of warmth and pain experienced by the volunteer during exposure; d) thermographic camera recordings of the volunteer's skin; and e) finite element modeling of specific absorption rate (SAR) in the volunteer's hand. Moderately severe pain was experienced at the fingertips after 5 sec of exposure, consistent with the modeled SAR, measured heating rates, and published data on the temperature threshold for pain. We estimate that an additional 9 sec of exposure would be required to produce irreversible injury, consisting of focal thermal injury in the fingertips and possibly the thenar and hypothenar eminences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0832-7823
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -