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access icon free Electric field distribution and SAR inside a human eye exposed to VR glasses

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Received 02/12/2017, Accepted 17/07/2018, Revised 06/07/2018, Published 10/08/2018

The aim of this study is a numerical analysis of the electric field and the specific absorption rate (SAR) distribution within a realistic 3D-human eye model exposed to electromagnetic (EM) wave of virtual reality (VR) glasses at the frequency of third generation, long-term evolution-4G, and the frequency of the latest generation of mobile networks – 5G. To obtain the values of the electric field and SAR, the numerical solution of equations of EM waves propagation has been used. A new realistic 3D-human head and human eye model has been created. The obtained results are shown for different biological tissues of the eye exposed to EM radiation from VR glasses at different frequencies. The maximum absorption of EM energy will be discussed for the following frequencies: 900 MHz, 2.6 GHz, and 28 GHz. The maximum values of electric field strength in the human eye tissue at the frequencies 28 GHz and 900 MHz are 94.43 and 137.3 V/m, respectively (higher than referent values), whereas for 2.6 GHz amounts 8.62 V/m (lower than referent limits). The obtained SAR peaks do not overcome prescribed safety values.

Inspec keywords: biological effects of microwaves; virtual reality; eye; numerical analysis; biological effects of fields; electromagnetic wave absorption; biothermics; biological tissues; physiological models

Other keywords: EM waves propagation; specific absorption rate distribution; 3D-human eye model; frequency 2.6 GHz; human eye tissue; biological tissues; electric field strength; SAR peaks; referent values; numerical analysis; maximum absorption; VR glasses; virtual reality glasses; electric field distribution; 3D-human head; frequency 900.0 MHz; electromagnetic wave; frequency 28.0 GHz; mobile networks

Subjects: Electromagnetic wave propagation; Numerical approximation and analysis; Electromagnetic waves: theory; Other numerical methods

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