Analysis of estimation of electromagnetic dosimetric values from non-ionizing radiofrequency fields in conventional road vehicle environments

Electromagn Biol Med. 2015 Mar;34(1):19-28. doi: 10.3109/15368378.2013.863782. Epub 2014 Jan 24.

Abstract

A high number of wireless technologies can be found operating in vehicular environments with the aim of offering different services. The dosimetric evaluation of this kind of scenarios must be performed in order to assess their compatibility with current exposure limits. In this work, a dosimetric evaluation inside a conventional car is performed, with the aid of an in-house 3D Ray Launching computational code, which has been compared with measurement results of wireless sensor networks located inside the vehicle. These results can aid in an adequate assessment of human exposure to non-ionizing radiofrequency fields, taking into account the impact of the morphology and the topology of the vehicle for current as well as for future exposure limits.

Keywords: Electromagnetic dosimetry; non-ionizing radiation; vehicle.

MeSH terms

  • Cell Phone
  • Motor Vehicles*
  • Radio Waves*
  • Radiometry / instrumentation
  • Radiometry / methods*
  • Wireless Technology