Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy

Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy Publisher

Sandeep S¹ ; Vard A^{1, 2} ; Guxens M^{3, 4, 5, 6} ; Bloch I^{1, 7} ; Wiart J¹

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1. LTCI, Telecom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, 91120, France
2. Department of Bioelectrics and Biomedical Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, 81746, Iran
3. ISGlobal, Barcelona, 08036, Spain
4. Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 08002, Spain
5. Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, 28029, Spain
6. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, Netherlands
7. Sorbonne Universite, CNRS, LIP6, Paris, 75006, France

Source: IEEE Access Published:2024

Abstract

This article describes the computational analysis of Radio Frequency - Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) exposure of Uterus-Fetus Units (UFUs) embedded inside the body of a 26 year old human female. Realistic UFU models are obtained from ultrasound images acquired for different fetuses and at specific development stages (7 weeks, 9 weeks and 11 weeks old), for which a deep-learning based segmentation method is developed. Each UFU model is then inserted into a computational electromagnetic model of a 26 year old female. The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of the fetus at commonly used wireless communication frequencies is estimated using a commercially available numerical electromagnetic solver. The Inverted F antenna (IFA), which is a commonly used mobile phone antenna was used as the excitation source. Fetus SAR values are reported for different combinations of excitation frequencies, phone positions and UFU ages. It was found that the fetus SAR for all the cases is well below the maximum allowable exposure limit of 80 mW/kg, as prescribed by ICNIRP. Furthermore, we replaced the embryo with uterus tissues and calculated the SAR in the uterus tissues (i.e. uterus tissues with same volume and shape, and at the same location as that of UFU). The uterus SAR values were found to be only marginally different from that of fetus SAR. © 2023 IEEE.

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MLA	Sandeep S, et al.. "Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy." IEEE Access, vol. 12, no. , 2024, pp. 75311-75322.
APA	Sandeep S, Vard A, Guxens M, Bloch I, Wiart J (2024). Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy. IEEE Access, 12(), 75311-75322.
Chicago	Sandeep S, Vard A, Guxens M, Bloch I, Wiart J. "Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy." IEEE Access 12, no. (2024): 75311-75322.
Harvard	Sandeep S et al. (2024) 'Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy', IEEE Access, 12(), pp. 75311-75322.
Vancouver	Sandeep S, Vard A, Guxens M, Bloch I, Wiart J. Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy. IEEE Access. 2024;12():75311-75322.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Sandeep S and Vard A and Guxens M and Bloch I and Wiart J}, title = {Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy}, journal = {IEEE Access}, volume = {12}, number = {}, pages = {75311-75322}, year = {2024} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Sandeep S AU - Vard A AU - Guxens M AU - Bloch I AU - Wiart J TI - Rf-Emf Exposure Assessment of Fetus During the First Trimester of Pregnancy JO - IEEE Access VL - 12 IS - SP - 75311 EP - 75322 PY - 2024 ER -

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