Advances in dosimetry of radiofrequency radiation and their past and projected impact on the safety standards

Author

Gandhi, Om P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

20-22 Apr 1988

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

113

Abstract

Advances in the dosimetry of radio-frequency (RF) radiation that played an important role in the revision of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) RF safety guidelines in 1982 are summarized. Recent work has pointed to several potential problems with these guidelines. These pertain to large RF-induced currents and the commensurately high local specific absorption rates (SARs) for some regions of the body, as well as contact hazards for commonly encountered ungrounded objects in ANSI-recommended E-fields for the frequency band 0.3-100 MHz. The new data are used to suggest modifications of the RF safety guidelines

Keywords

dosimetry; health hazards; safety; standards; 0.3 to 100 MHz; ANSI-recommended E-fields; American National Standards Institute; RF safety; contact hazards; dosimetry; radiofrequency radiation; safety standards; specific absorption rates; ANSI standards; Absorption; Dosimetry; Electrical safety; Electromagnetic radiation; Guidelines; Humans; Radiation safety; Radio frequency; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1988. IMTC-88. Conference Record., 5th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1988.10831

Filename

10831