Experimental setup for radiation of small animals

Author

Trastoy-Rios, A. ; Lopez-Martin, E. ; Jorge-Barreiro, F.J. ; Sebastian-Franco, J.L. ; Martin, S. Munfoz-San ; Moreno-Piquero, E. ; Ares-Pena, F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Phys., Santiago de Compostela Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

235

Lastpage

237

Abstract

In this paper we present an experimental setup for controlled RF radiation on small mammals. The main advantage of this setup is that the power absorbed by the animal can be directly measured through the external associated microwave circuitry. This same subsystem is used to control any possible spurious signal inside the enclosure and the power applied to the animal. The setup has been used to irradiate a number of rats with a GSM-modulated 900 MHz signal. The experimental power measurements can be used with a numerical rat phantom to provide the 1-g averaged peak SAR brain

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; brain; dosimetry; microwave measurement; neurophysiology; phantoms; 900 MHz; GSM; RF signal control; SAR; brain; microwave circuitry; numerical rat phantom; power measurements; radiofrequency radiation; signal modulation; small mammals; Animals; Electromagnetic radiation; Finite difference methods; Pollution measurement; Power measurement; Radio frequency; Rats; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis; Transmitting antennas; Biological effects of electromagnetic radiation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2006. The 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-5-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2006.280479

Filename

4057482