The effect of antenna polarization and body morphology on the measurement uncertainty of a wearable multi-band distributed exposure meter
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- Reza Aminzadeh (UGent) , Arno Thielens (UGent) , Sam Agneessens (UGent) , Patrick Van Torre (UGent) , Matthias Van den Bossche (UGent) , Stefan Dongus, Marloes Eeftens, Anke Huss, Roel Vermeulen, Rene de Seze, Paul Mazet, Elisabeth Cardis, Hendrik Rogier (UGent) , Martin Röösli, Luc Martens (UGent) and Wout Joseph (UGent)
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- This paper studies the effect of antenna polarization on measurement uncertainty of a multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter (BWDM). The BWDM is a device for assessing electromagnetic fields in real environments accurately. The BWDM consists of 8 nodes and is calibrated on the body for simultaneous measurement of the incident power density in four frequency bands. Each node contains an antenna that can have two potential antenna polarizations.The BWDM is calibrated on four human subjects in an anechoic chamber to determine its measurement uncertainty in terms of 68% confidence interval (CI68) of the on-body antenna aperture. The results show that using a fixed polarization of the antennas on body can lead to a different CI68 up to maximum 4.9 dB when worn by another person which is still 9.6 dB lower than the measurement uncertainty of commercial exposure meters.
- Keywords
- RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS, PERSONAL EXPOSURE, CALIBRATION, EXPOSIMETERS, DIFFUSE, RF exposure, Personal exposure meters, Polarization dependency, Body, morphology, Measurement uncertainty
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8600465
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- Aminzadeh, Reza, et al. “The Effect of Antenna Polarization and Body Morphology on the Measurement Uncertainty of a Wearable Multi-Band Distributed Exposure Meter.” ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, vol. 74, no. 1–2, Springer, 2019, pp. 67–77, doi:10.1007/s12243-018-0691-y.
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- Aminzadeh, R., Thielens, A., Agneessens, S., Van Torre, P., Van den Bossche, M., Dongus, S., … Joseph, W. (2019). The effect of antenna polarization and body morphology on the measurement uncertainty of a wearable multi-band distributed exposure meter. ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 74(1–2), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-018-0691-y
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- Aminzadeh, Reza, Arno Thielens, Sam Agneessens, Patrick Van Torre, Matthias Van den Bossche, Stefan Dongus, Marloes Eeftens, et al. 2019. “The Effect of Antenna Polarization and Body Morphology on the Measurement Uncertainty of a Wearable Multi-Band Distributed Exposure Meter.” ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 74 (1–2): 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-018-0691-y.
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- Aminzadeh, Reza, Arno Thielens, Sam Agneessens, Patrick Van Torre, Matthias Van den Bossche, Stefan Dongus, Marloes Eeftens, Anke Huss, Roel Vermeulen, Rene de Seze, Paul Mazet, Elisabeth Cardis, Hendrik Rogier, Martin Röösli, Luc Martens, and Wout Joseph. 2019. “The Effect of Antenna Polarization and Body Morphology on the Measurement Uncertainty of a Wearable Multi-Band Distributed Exposure Meter.” ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 74 (1–2): 67–77. doi:10.1007/s12243-018-0691-y.
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- 1.Aminzadeh R, Thielens A, Agneessens S, Van Torre P, Van den Bossche M, Dongus S, et al. The effect of antenna polarization and body morphology on the measurement uncertainty of a wearable multi-band distributed exposure meter. ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS. 2019;74(1–2):67–77.
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- [1]R. Aminzadeh et al., “The effect of antenna polarization and body morphology on the measurement uncertainty of a wearable multi-band distributed exposure meter,” ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, vol. 74, no. 1–2, pp. 67–77, 2019.
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abstract = {{This paper studies the effect of antenna polarization on measurement uncertainty of a multi-band body-worn distributed exposure meter (BWDM). The BWDM is a device for assessing electromagnetic fields in real environments accurately. The BWDM consists of 8 nodes and is calibrated on the body for simultaneous measurement of the incident power density in four frequency bands. Each node contains an antenna that can have two potential antenna polarizations.The BWDM is calibrated on four human subjects in an anechoic chamber to determine its measurement uncertainty in terms of 68% confidence interval (CI68) of the on-body antenna aperture. The results show that using a fixed polarization of the antennas on body can lead to a different CI68 up to maximum 4.9 dB when worn by another person which is still 9.6 dB lower than the measurement uncertainty of commercial exposure meters.}},
author = {{Aminzadeh, Reza and Thielens, Arno and Agneessens, Sam and Van Torre, Patrick and Van den Bossche, Matthias and Dongus, Stefan and Eeftens, Marloes and Huss, Anke and Vermeulen, Roel and de Seze, Rene and Mazet, Paul and Cardis, Elisabeth and Rogier, Hendrik and Röösli, Martin and Martens, Luc and Joseph, Wout}},
issn = {{0003-4347}},
journal = {{ANNALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS}},
keywords = {{RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC-FIELDS,PERSONAL EXPOSURE,CALIBRATION,EXPOSIMETERS,DIFFUSE,RF exposure,Personal exposure meters,Polarization dependency,Body,morphology,Measurement uncertainty}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1-2}},
pages = {{67--77}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
title = {{The effect of antenna polarization and body morphology on the measurement uncertainty of a wearable multi-band distributed exposure meter}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-018-0691-y}},
volume = {{74}},
year = {{2019}},
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