Characterization of the electromagnetic environment in a hospital and propagation study

Author

LaSorte, Nickolas J. ; Barnes, W. Justin ; Refai, Hazem H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

17-21 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

This work presents the results of a survey of the electromagnetic environment from 30 MHz-7 GHz in St. Francis Hospital, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Measurements were considered short term as the full spectrum was measured in twelve minutes. The results show the dynamic environment apparent in today´s hospitals. There were no recorded cases in which the IEC immunity standard specifications, 3V/m, was exceeded. Another contribution by this paper was to show an example of cross-floor attenuation in a hospital.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave absorption; electromagnetic wave propagation; electromagnetic wave scattering; hospitals; St. Francis Hospital; cross-floor attenuation; electromagnetic environment; frequency 30 MHz to 70 GHz; full spectrum; propagation study; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic interference; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic radiation; Hospitals; IEC standards; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pollution measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2009. EMC 2009. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4266-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4058-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2009.5284561

Filename

5284561