@article{oai:nitech.repo.nii.ac.jp:00005501,
 author = {Hirata, Akimasa and Kojima, Masami and Kawai, Hiroki and Yamashiro, Yoko and Watanabe, Soichi and Sasaki, Hiroshi and Fujiwara, Osamu},
 issue = {5},
 journal = {IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering},
 month = {May},
 note = {In the current international guidelines and standards for human exposure to microwaves (MWs), the basic restriction is determined by the whole-body average specific absorption rate (SAR). The basis for the guidelines is the adverse effect such as work stoppage in animals for whole-body average SARs above a certain level. Although it is known that absorbed MW energy causes the behavioral sign of thermal stress, the relationship of whole-body average SAR with temperature/temperature elevation has not been sufficiently investigated. In the present study, we performed experiments on rabbits exposed to 2.45-GHz MWs. A total of 24 measurements were conducted for power densities from approximately 100 to 1000 W/m2. Our computational code for electromagnetic-thermal dosimetry was used to set the exposure time duration and incident power density. Our experimental results suggest that a core temperature elevation of 1℃ is an estimate of the threshold-inducing complex behavioral signs of MW-induced thermal stress in rabbits for different whole-body average SARs and exposure time durations. The whole-body average SAR required for MW-induced behavioral sign in rabbits was estimated as approximately 1.3 W/kg for 2.45-GHz MWs., application/pdf},
 pages = {1234--1242},
 title = {Acute dosimetry and estimation of threshold-inducing behavioral signs of thermal stress in rabbits at 2.45-GHz microwave exposure},
 volume = {57},
 year = {2010}
}