Università Roma Tre

Part I – Legislation and prevention against risk of non-ionizing and ionizing radiations
Non-ionizing radiations: electromagnetic fields and coherent and not-coherent optical radiations. Studies and regulations by ICNIRP and OMS on the exposure to eletromagnetic fields.European
directivities and national legislation. Sources of low-frequency electromagnetic fields: power lines, biomedical equipment, electrical equipment. Limits of exposure to low-frequency sources. Electromagnetic fields in radio-frequency range. Radio-frequency biomedical equipment. Dosimetry of electromagnetic fields and evaluation of occupational risks of exposure in work environments and healthcare. Evaluation and risk management.
Ionizing radiations: Euratom directives and national legislation for radioprotection against ionizing radiations. Medical risk of exposure for diagnostic and radiotherapy treatments.

Part II – Applications of electromagnetic sensors in telemedicine
Clinical applications of electromagnetic fields for remote monitoring of vital parameters of patients through Body Area Network (BAN), Implanted Body Area Network (IBAN), and Personal Area Network (PAN). IEEE Standards and properties of transmissions. Propagation and sensors for on-body, in-body, and off-body communications. Applications to the healthcare monitoring of physiological parameters of patients: insulin, heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature. Sensors and circuits for wearable systems. Materials and techniques of realization of sensors on textiles. Sensors and circuits for implantable systems. Compatibility between implantable sensors and biological tissues.

Part III – Modelling of electromagnetic fields in dosimetry and imaging
Techniques for dosimetric evaluations and SAR calculation in biological tissues. Antropomorphic models for vthe numerical dosimetry of the electromagnetic fields. Experimental dosimetry on phantoms. IEEE Standard 62209-1528. Use of electromagnetic software for the electromagnetic modelling of radiative properties of sensors, and for the dosimetry of bioelectromagnetic interaction among sensors and biological tissues. Microwave imaging for non-invasive diagnostic of cancer. Applications of breast-cancer imaging and brain imaging.

Dispense fornite dal docente.
Douglas H. Werner (Editor), Zhi Hao Jiang (Editor), "Electromagnetics of Body Area Networks: Antennas, Propagation, and RF Systems", Wiley IEEE-press, ISBN: 978-1-119-02946-5