Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table. 7.1
Electromagnetic exposure limits provided by various regulatory bodies [
19
]
Standard
Averaging method
Freq. range
Whole body
avg. SAR
(W kg
-1
)
Localised SAR
(head and trunk)
(W kg
-1
)
Limbs
(W kg
-1
)
Averaged over cross section of 1 cm
2
perpendicular to current direction
and for 6 min period
Occupational
exposure/
controlled
environment
ICNIRP 2009
100 kHz-10 GHz
0.4
10
20
IEEE/ICES C95.1-2005
Averaged over 10 g tissue for 6 min
100 kHz-3 GHz
0.4
10
20
Health Canada Safety
Code 6 2009
Tissue volume in form of cube and
averaged over 6 min period
100 kHz-6 GHz
0.4
8
20
CENELEC 1995
Averaged over 10 g tissue for 6 min
10 kHz-30 GHz
0.4
10
20
Averaged over cross section of 1 cm
2
perpendicular to current direction
and for 6 min period
General public
exposure/
controlled
environment
ICNIRP 2009
100 kHz-10 GHz
0.08
2
4
IEEE/ICES C95.1-2005
Averaged over 10 g tissue in a cube
and averaged over 30 min period
100 kHz-3 GHz
2
2
4
Health Canada Safety
Code 6 2009
Tissue volume in form of cube
100 kHz-6 GHz
0.08
1.6
4
CENELEC 1995
Averaged over 10 g tissue for 6 min
10 kHz-30 GHz
0.08
2
4
