title: Personal distributed exposimeter for radio frequency exposure assessment in real environments.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Wireless & Cable Group, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University/iMinds, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Arno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thielens
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Clercq
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agneessens
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lecoutere
authors.forename: Leen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verloock
authors.forename: Frederick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Declercq
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vermeeren
authors.forename: Emmeric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanghe
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rogier
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Puers
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martens
authors.forename: Wout
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011846:Radio Waves; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*
keywords: PIFA; dosimetry; radio frequency exposure; textile antennas; wearable electronics