By the same authors

From the same journal

From the same journal

Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Standard

Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz. / Zhang, Xiaotian; Robinson, Martin; Flintoft, Ian; Dawson, John; Parker, Sarah.

In: IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 62, No. 2, 04.2020, p. 330-337.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Harvard

Zhang, X, Robinson, M, Flintoft, I, Dawson, J & Parker, S 2020, 'Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz', IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 330-337. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642

APA

Zhang, X., Robinson, M., Flintoft, I., Dawson, J., & Parker, S. (2020). Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 62(2), 330-337. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642

Vancouver

Zhang X, Robinson M, Flintoft I, Dawson J, Parker S. Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 2020 Apr;62(2):330-337. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642

Author

Zhang, Xiaotian ; Robinson, Martin ; Flintoft, Ian ; Dawson, John ; Parker, Sarah. / Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz. In: IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 2020 ; Vol. 62, No. 2. pp. 330-337.

Bibtex - Download

@article{504f99a022eb47aa822872b5e473541e,
title = "Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz",
abstract = "The human body absorption cross section (ACS) is important in non-ionizing radiation dosimetry, but it is always hard to accurately evaluate the ACS of an individual from his or her morphological parameters, such as height and weight. To obtain an empirical formula that can evaluate the ACS from morphological parameters, 48 subjects with different morphological parameters were measured from 1 GHz to 16 GHz in a reverberation chamber. The ACS was extracted from the power delay profile (PDP). This has the advantage of not requiring antenna radiation efficiency, and it has not been used in a wide-band group study like this before. The accuracy of the ACS measurement is demonstrated by comparision with the ACS of a spherical model with known structure and material, and the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the sphere measurement is just 3:4%. Statistical analsysis shows that the body surface area (BSA) has the strongest correlation with the ACS amongst all the morphological parameters, therefore we present a new empirical ACS formula as a function of BSA and frequency. This will be of interest to those considering dosimetry, and in computing the effect of human body absorption on radio propagation in vehicles and other structures. ",
keywords = "Antenna measurements, Reverberation chambers, Absorption cross section, Electromagnetic Dosimetry",
author = "Xiaotian Zhang and Martin Robinson and Ian Flintoft and John Dawson and Sarah Parker",
note = " {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher{\textquoteright}s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details.",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642",
language = "Undefined/Unknown",
volume = "62",
pages = "330--337",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility",
issn = "0018-9375",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "2",

}

RIS (suitable for import to EndNote) - Download

TY - JOUR

T1 - Morphological study on human body absorption cross section in a reverberation chamber from 1 GHz to 16 GHz

AU - Zhang, Xiaotian

AU - Robinson, Martin

AU - Flintoft, Ian

AU - Dawson, John

AU - Parker, Sarah

N1 - © 2019 IEEE.This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details.

PY - 2020/4

Y1 - 2020/4

N2 - The human body absorption cross section (ACS) is important in non-ionizing radiation dosimetry, but it is always hard to accurately evaluate the ACS of an individual from his or her morphological parameters, such as height and weight. To obtain an empirical formula that can evaluate the ACS from morphological parameters, 48 subjects with different morphological parameters were measured from 1 GHz to 16 GHz in a reverberation chamber. The ACS was extracted from the power delay profile (PDP). This has the advantage of not requiring antenna radiation efficiency, and it has not been used in a wide-band group study like this before. The accuracy of the ACS measurement is demonstrated by comparision with the ACS of a spherical model with known structure and material, and the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the sphere measurement is just 3:4%. Statistical analsysis shows that the body surface area (BSA) has the strongest correlation with the ACS amongst all the morphological parameters, therefore we present a new empirical ACS formula as a function of BSA and frequency. This will be of interest to those considering dosimetry, and in computing the effect of human body absorption on radio propagation in vehicles and other structures.

AB - The human body absorption cross section (ACS) is important in non-ionizing radiation dosimetry, but it is always hard to accurately evaluate the ACS of an individual from his or her morphological parameters, such as height and weight. To obtain an empirical formula that can evaluate the ACS from morphological parameters, 48 subjects with different morphological parameters were measured from 1 GHz to 16 GHz in a reverberation chamber. The ACS was extracted from the power delay profile (PDP). This has the advantage of not requiring antenna radiation efficiency, and it has not been used in a wide-band group study like this before. The accuracy of the ACS measurement is demonstrated by comparision with the ACS of a spherical model with known structure and material, and the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of the sphere measurement is just 3:4%. Statistical analsysis shows that the body surface area (BSA) has the strongest correlation with the ACS amongst all the morphological parameters, therefore we present a new empirical ACS formula as a function of BSA and frequency. This will be of interest to those considering dosimetry, and in computing the effect of human body absorption on radio propagation in vehicles and other structures.

KW - Antenna measurements

KW - Reverberation chambers

KW - Absorption cross section

KW - Electromagnetic Dosimetry

U2 - 10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642

DO - 10.1109/TEMC.2019.2904642

M3 - Article

VL - 62

SP - 330

EP - 337

JO - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

JF - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

SN - 0018-9375

IS - 2

ER -

York staff: edit these data