Development of Local-Exposure Systems for In Vivo Studies at Mobile-Phone Frequency Bands

이동통신 주파수 대역에서의 동물 실험용 국부 노출 장치 개발

  • Ko Chea-Ok (Department of Radio and Science Engineering, Chungnam University) ;
  • Park Min-Young (Department of Radio and Science Engineering, Chungnam University) ;
  • Doh Hyeon-Jeong (Suwon IT Center, Samsung electronics) ;
  • Kim Jeong-Lan (Department of Radio and Science Engineering, Chungnam University) ;
  • Jung Ki-Bum (EMC Center) ;
  • Pack Jeong-Ki (Department of Radio and Science Engineering, Chungnam University)
  • Published : 2006.05.01

Abstract

We have designed local exposure systems for long-time mice experiments in PCS and cellular frequency band(PCS: 1,762.5 MHz, cellular: 848.5 MHz). The fabricated systems are local exposure systems of carousel type, and 40 mice can be exposed at a time. In order not to give extra stress to the mice ender experiment, the systems were fabricated to meet the environmental conditions such as illumination, ventilation, noise etc. SAR measurement was performed using a temperature probe. Measurements at 3 points in the head of mouse cadaver and solid phantom were made, and it has been confirmed that the measurement results are in good agreement with the simulation results in the real exposure environment. The exposure systems are currently used for long-term mice experiments.

본 논문에서는 이동통신 주파수 대역인 PCS와 셀룰러 대역(PCS: 1,762.5 MHz, 셀룰러: 848.5 MHz)에서 전자파의 인체 영향 규명을 위해 동물 실험용 국부 노출 장치를 설계, 제작하였다. 제작된 노출 장치는 카루셀 형의 마우스용 국부 노출 장치로서 40마리의 마우스를 동시에 노출시킬 수 있으며, 피 실험체인 마우스에 스트레스가 없도록 조명, 환기, 소음 등 환경 조건을 적절히 고려하여 제작되었다. 노출 장치의 노출량 측정을 위해 온도 프로브를 이용한 SAR측정을 수행하였다. 마우스 카데바와 고체 팬텀의 머리 부분 내부의 3점에 대해 측정하였으며, 실제로 장기간의 노출에 이용되는 조건에서 시뮬레이션 결과와 잘 일치함을 확인하였다. 현재 제작된 노출 장치는 실제 마우스의 장기 노출 실험에 사용되고 있다.

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