Numerical Techniques for SAR Assessment of Small Animals in Reverberation Chamber

Abstract

Reverberation chamber (RC) has been recently developed and used in bio-electromagnetic (EM) field research for investigation of possible adverse health effect of EM waves to human body. Concerning the use of an RC as an exposure device, accurate dosimetry or quantification of EM energy absorbed in exposed animals inside an RC is actually of importance. However, the dosimetry of animals inside an RC is one of challenging problems due to its size and complex behavior of EM fields inside the chamber. This paper is dedicated to the demonstration of three different numerical techniques developed for dosimetry of small animals exposed to EM fields inside an RC at microwave frequencies. First we briefly review procedures of each numerical method and clarify its advantages, disadvantages, and range of applications. Then we demonstrated their validity by either experiments or cross-verification. Finally we discuss the results obtained from each numerical technique.