Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition

Table 8.4 Internal Electric Field in the Abdominal Region of Phantom Figurines as a Fraction of the Maximum Incident Electric Field
(Just in Front of the Figurine) for Near-Field Exposure Conditions
(Chatterjee et al., 1982b)

Simulated Frequency for Man Figurine Size Experimental Frequency Internal |E|/
Near		 Incident |Ev|*
Field
(MHz) (cm) (MHz) v/ h/ Experimental Numerical Far Field (Numerical)
77 25.4 530 0.18 0.40 0.070 0.070 0.42
77 20.3 663 0.16 0.40 0.049 0.059 0.42
110 25.4 760 0.18 0.43 0.033 0.060 0.29
150 40.6 663 0.09 0.30 0.022 0.025 0.14
150 33.0 795 0.10 0.45 0.040 0.042 0.14


* BRH electric-field probes were used for internal and external field measurements (courtesy of Howard Bassen).
Average of three measurements, standard deviation less than 5%.
Obtained by averaging calculated values of |E| for the abdominal cells of the 180-cell block model of man.