Uncertainty estimate in the evaluation of the electric field induced inside human bodies radiated by unknown LF sources

Author

Bottauscio, O. ; Chiampi, M. ; Crotti, G. ; Giordano, D. ; Wang, W. ; Zilberti, L.

Author_Institution

Ist. Naz. di Ricerca Metrol. (INRIM), Torino, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

1-6 July 2012

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

327

Abstract

The paper is focused on the estimate of the uncertainty of the results obtained by a hybrid experimental/numerical procedure for the evaluation of the electric field induced in a human body radiated by a LF magnetic field produced by unknown sources. The procedure is based on magnetic field measurements in a limited number of points around the field source and makes use of the Boundary Element. A method for the evaluation of the uncertainty contributions due to both the measurement process and the use of a discrete numerical technique is presented.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; electric field measurement; magnetic field measurement; measurement uncertainty; boundary element method; discrete numerical technique; electric field evaluation; human bodies; low frequency magnetic field source; magnetic field measurement; measurement uncertainty; uncertainty estimate; Electric fields; Humans; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Measurement uncertainty; Monte Carlo methods; Uncertainty; Boundary element methods; LF magnetic field human exposure; Monte-Carlo method; electric fields; measurement techniques; measurement uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2012 Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0589-1485

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0439-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2012.6250934

Filename

6250934