Comparison of various safety guidelines for electronic article surveillance devices with pulsed magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-113

  Kang, Gang ^a   Gandhi, Om P ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; EAS systems; Induced currents; Pulsed exposures; Safety guidelines

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF);

SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SECURITY MEASURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037286339     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2002.807318     Document Type: Article

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