Estimation of power absorbed by human body using reverberation chamber

Abstract

A technique of estimating the whole-body averaged specific absorption rate (SAR) in a random electric field using a reverberation chamber is presented. The method we propose is based on measuring the S-parameters in the chamber unloaded and loaded with humans. Using this technique, exposure levels to humans can be low, yet the S-parameters can be used to calculate SAR for higher exposures. The SAR in a human volunteer was measured from 1 to 4 GHz. We found that SAR under conditions of random wave exposure was approximately 50% lower than that under the worst-case conditions.