Exposure safety standards for nonionizing radiation (NIR) from collision-avoidance radar

Joyce Palmer-Fortune; Aviva Brecher; Paul Spencer; Richard Huguenin; Ken Woods

doi:10.1117/12.267159

17 February 1997 Exposure safety standards for nonionizing radiation (NIR) from collision-avoidance radar

Joyce Palmer-Fortune, Aviva Brecher, Paul Spencer, Richard Huguenin, Ken Woods

Proceedings Volume 2902, Transportation Sensors and Controls: Collision Avoidance, Traffic Management, and ITS; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267159
Event: Photonics East '96, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

On-vehicle technology for collision avoidance using millimeter wave radar is currently under development and is expected to be in vehicles in coming years. Recently approved radar bands for collision avoidance applications include 47.5 - 47.8 GHz and 76 - 77 GHz. Widespread use of active radiation sources in the public domain would contribute to raised levels of human exposure to high frequency electromagnetic radiation, with potential for adverse health effects. In order to design collision avoidance systems that will pose an acceptably low radiation hazard, it is necessary to determine what levels of electromagnetic radiation at millimeter wave frequencies will be acceptable in the environment. This paper will summarize recent research on NIR (non-ionizing radiation) exposure safety standards for high frequency electromagnetic radiation. We have investigated both governmental and non- governmental professional organizations worldwide.

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Joyce Palmer-Fortune, Aviva Brecher, Paul Spencer, Richard Huguenin, and Ken Woods "Exposure safety standards for nonionizing radiation (NIR) from collision-avoidance radar", Proc. SPIE 2902, Transportation Sensors and Controls: Collision Avoidance, Traffic Management, and ITS, (17 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.267159

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