Traceable measurement of field strength and SAR for the Physical Agents Directive

Short Name: EMF and SAR, Project Number: T4.J07
With respect to the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields (EMF) a new directive made the provisions of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) a legal requirement across Europe. When starting the project existing standards within Europe did not give comprehensive coverage of the specific absorption rate and the incident power flux density over this range.

The project, which started on April 1, 2008 aimed at providing traceable metrology for specific absorption rate and electromagnetic field strength measurements at all frequencies that are in widespread public use. It developed the expertise including contribution to international documentary standards, devices and measurement techniques to make these standards widely accessible for traceable measurements regarding exposure assessment in the environment, product compliance testing, and studies into biological effects of electromagnetic fields which underpin the international exposure limits.

Publications
Traceable calibration of limb current meters
2011

Proceedings 10th International Congress of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA)

Recent developments in EMF and SAR measuring techniques towards reliable assessment of exposure to electromagnetic fields
2011

Proceedings of the International Graduate Conference on Science, Humanities and Engineering 2011 (IGCSHE2011)

Accurate Permittivity Measurements of Liquids using a vertical TEM cell with Variable Fluid Level
2011

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the European Bioelectromagnetic Association, EBEA 2011

Traceable measurements of field strength and SAR for the Physical Agents Directive - an update
2010

2010 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility : proceedings of tutorials & workshops

Characterization of a Far Field Microwave Magnetic Field Strength Sensor Based on Double Radio-Optical Resonance
2010

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2009. EMC 2009

Field probes performance for the measurement of spread-spectrum radio signals
2009

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

A Boundary Element approach for low frequency SAR computation in homogeneous objects
2009

Proceedings 20th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC Zurich)

On-Site EMC Testing and Interference Prevention
2009

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Traceable measurements of field strength and SAR for the Physical Agents Directive
2009

Proceedings of the International Metrology Congress