paper 150205043622

Abstract

This study proposed a methodology of measurement to avoid the underestimation due to the presence of the wearer in the exposure data logged by bodyworn dosimeters. This uncertainty is defined as body shadow effect (BSE). The designed protocol isolates the treatment of the BSE from the uncertainty of the discontinuous transmission that is quantified by the duty factor. Simulations have been performed means of a software prediction tool in order to estimate the measured E-field levels with the designed experimental method. The validity of the proposed methodology has been checked through the comparison between the experimental and simulated results in terms of the cumulative distributions function (CDF).

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Victoria Ramos

Juan Blas Prieto

Silvia De Miguel-Bilbao

Jose Roldan Madronero