Paper Info
Title
Electric-Field Distribution Estimation In A Train Carriage Due To Cellular Radios In Order To Assess The Implantable Cardiac Pacemaker Emi In Semi-Echoic Environments
Abstract
The electromagnetic field (EMF) distributions created inside a train carriage by the cellular radios of the passengers are analyzed and the impact their electromagnetic interference (EMI) on the implantable cardiac pacemakers is evaluated based upon the analysis results. Both computer simulations and experiments using 800 MHz and 2 GHz transmitters in an actual train carriage confirm that excessively high EMF, high enough to affect the normal functions of the pacemaker, does not occur inside the carriage provided the safe distance of 22 cm specified for pacemaker users is kept. A simplified histogram estimation method for electric field strength is newly developed to deal with the complicated EMF distributions. It allows the EMI risk to pacemakers by cellular radio transmission to be quantitatively evaluated. Methodologies are described first. Typical results of FDTD analysis and actual measurement data are then shown. Finally, considerations and conclusions are made.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1093/ietcom/e88-b.8.3281
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
EMC, EMI, implantable cardiac pacemaker, cellular radio, FDTD, train carriage
Histogram,Telecommunications,Electric field,Simulation,Computer science,Electromagnetic interference,Microwave transmission,Finite-difference time-domain method,Electromagnetic compatibility,Electromagnetic field,EMI,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E88B
8
0916-8516
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.94
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takashi Hikage153.54
Toshio Nojima2139.63
Soichi Watanabe31315.03
Takashi Shinozuka472.67