IOP Measurement Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2015

Received the IOP Measurement Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2015 in Biological, Healthcare and Life Sciences for the paper (Flintoft et al., 2015).

The award was announced on 17 May 2016 in an editorial in the journal.

The award was presented by Professor Thomas Krauss, the University of York’s Research Theme Champion for Technologies for the Future, at the Department of Electronics, University of York, on 28th June, 2016. Left to right: Dr Martin Robinson, Dr Gregory Melia, Prof Thomas Krauss, Dr Ian Flintoft, Prof Andy Marvin and Dr John Dawson.

References

1. Flintoft, I.D., Melia, G.C.R., Robinson, M.P., Dawson, J.F. and Marvin, A.C., 2015. Rapid and accurate broadband absorption cross-section measurement of human bodies in a reverberation chamber. Measurement Science and Technology, 26(6), p.065701.
   

   A measurement methodology for polarisation and angle of incidence averaged electromagnetic absorption cross-section using a reverberation chamber is presented. The method is optimised for simultaneous rapid and accurate determination of average absorption cross-section over the frequency range 1 to 15 GHz, making it suitable for use in human absorption and exposure studies. The typical measurement time of the subject is about eight minutes with a corresponding statistical uncertainty of about 3% in the measured absorption cross-section. The method is validated by comparing measurements on a spherical phantom with Mie Series calculations. The efficacy of the method is demonstrated with measurements of the posture dependence of the absorption cross-section of a human subject and an investigation of the effects of clothing on the measured absorption which are important considerations for the practical design of experiments for studies on human subjects.

   @article{Flintoft2015a,
     author = {Flintoft, I. D. and Melia, G. C. R. and Robinson, M. P. and Dawson, J. F. and Marvin, A. C.},
     title = {Rapid and accurate broadband absorption cross-section measurement of human bodies in a reverberation chamber},
     journal = {Measurement Science and Technology},
     year = {2015},
     volume = {26},
     number = {6},
     pages = {065701},
     month = jun,
     issn = {0957-0233},
     note = {© 2015 IOP Publishing. This is an author created, uncopyedited version of an article accepted for publication in IOP Measurement Science and Technology. The publisher is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at 10.1088/0957-0233/26/6/065701.},
     doi = {10.1088/0957-0233/26/6/065701},
     file = {:pdfs/MST26-Flintoft-065701.pdf:PDF},
     keywords = {absorption cross-section, reverberation chamber, specific absorption rate},
     owner = {idf1},
     postprint = {https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/files/43360130/MST26_Flintoft_et_al_065701_postprint.pdf},
     timestamp = {2016.10.12}
   }