Research into the biological effects of microwave radiation has expanded over the past few years. More detailed and complex experimental work is necessary in order to assist the responsible agencies in setting safe levels of exposure. It is important that the amount of energy absorbed by the biological specimen or the dose to the specimen be accurately determined. Unless this dose parameter is known, the results of the study will be of limited value. This paper provides a technique for determining the energy absorbed by a biological specimen in a laboratory situation. The time-temperature profiles were measured by using a thermistor which was tested for its microwave field insensitivity. A mathematical technique for determining the time-temperature profiles for exposures at any power density is presented.
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Donald I. McRee (1974) studied this question.