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. 2019 Dec 23;11(1):417–431. doi: 10.1364/BOE.377424

Table 4. Adjusted PD, micro SAR and temperature rise in thin and thick skin. PD, “micro” SAR and temperature rise in thin skin in the region of maximal absorption in the upper SS, the high SAR regions at the SS/SB boundary and the maximal absorption layer of the dead SC in the thick skin. The PD, SAR was adjusted for the maximum incident PD in the ICNIRP, (2013) [25] guidelines of 1 kWm-2. Temperature rise assumed ambient air temperatures of 22° and 35° C.

Simulation Adj. 1 kWm-2 Temperature Rise

PD SAR PD SAR 22°C 35°C
Thin Skin Wm-2 Wkg-1 Wm-2 Wkg-1 °C °C

Upper Stratum Spinosum 0.0054 0.045 2010 16980 0.010 0.012
Lower Stratum Spinosum 0.020 0.020
Spinosum/Basale boundary 0.0015 0.015 565 7540 0.018 0.020

Thick Skin
Stratum Corneum 0.0027 0.0032 1000 12060 0.025 0.031