The effect of RF radiation on human health using stratified human head model

Author

Bashayreh, Qasem M. ; Omar, Amjad A. ; Alshamali, Ahmad M.

Author_Institution

Directorate of Commun., R. Jordanian Air Force, Amman, Jordan

fYear

2010

fDate

10-14 May 2010

Firstpage

178

Lastpage

182

Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of RF radiation on a multi-layered planar structure representing a simplified model of a human head at 900 MHz and 1800 MHz. The radiation is assumed in the form of obliquely incident plane EM wave. Exact formulas for the electric field within the structure are derived. The local Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) is calculated, plotted and compared with international levels. Numerical simulations are presented to show that the maximum local SAR calculated using our method for a planar multilayered head model agrees well with FDTD results for a dipole or monopole illuminating a spherical multilayered head model.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; brain models; finite difference time-domain analysis; FDTD; RF radiation effect; dipole illumination; frequency 1800 MHz; frequency 900 MHz; human head model; human health; incident plane EM wave; monopole illumination; multilayered planar structure; numerical simulations; planar multilayered head model; specific absorption rate; spherical multilayered head model; stratified human head model; Cellular phones; Conductivity; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Finite difference methods; Humans; Radio frequency; Specific absorption rate; Telephony; Time domain analysis; Dielectric properties; Head model; Oblique Incidence; SAR;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1097-5659

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5811-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2010.5494629

Filename

5494629