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Personal distributed exposimeter for radio frequency exposure assessment in real environments
Author(s) -
Thielens Arno,
De Clercq Hans,
Agneessens Sam,
Lecoutere Jeroen,
Verloock Leen,
Declercq Frederick,
Vermeeren Günter,
Tanghe Emmeric,
Rogier Hendrik,
Puers Robert,
Martens Luc,
Joseph Wout
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.21793
Subject(s) - exposure assessment , computer science , environmental science , environmental health , medicine
For the first time, a personal distributed exposimeter (PDE) for radio frequency (RF) measurements is presented. This PDE is designed based on numerical simulations and is experimentally evaluated using textile antennas and wearable electronics. A prototype of the PDE is calibrated in an anechoic chamber. Compared to conventional exposimeters, which only measure in one position on the body, an excellent isotropy of 0.5 dB (a factor of 1.1) and a 95% confidence interval of 7 dB (a factor of 5) on power densities are measured. Bioelectromagnetics. 34:563–567. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.