Estimates on electromagnetic power absorption in highly-lossy configurations

Electromagnetic power absorption in biological tissues has recently received due scientific and public attention, particularly, in the areas of cellular communication and hypothermic treatments. While efficient numerical algorithms have been developed as to obtain accurate power distributions in complicated configurations, their physical interpretation and explicit dependence on problem's parameters are usually quite problematic. In attempt to gain a clear insight into the electromagnetic power absorption mechanism we propose a set of prototype models corresponding to typical highly lossy configurations. These models provide an important physical insight as well as estimates and bounds on major parameters involved in realistic configurations.