Contribution to the implementation of a multi-sensors test bench for real time SAR assessment
Résumé
So far, SAR measurements are performed using an electric field probe, immerged within a
phantom filled with a liquid reproducing the electrical properties of head or body tissues. As
the SAR is defined within a given volume (1gr or 10gr), a scanning operation is required for
integrating the measured E-field components over a distributed area, thus involving
mechanical displacements of the probe in the phantom using a robot. Various SAR testbenches
are available on the market [1] [2]. Nevertheless, such SAR measurement technique
with a robot is quite long and costly and do not allow a systematic and real time SAR
evaluation. Recent works have presented fast-SAR evaluation techniques, considering
appropriate SAR apparatus without movement, combined with algorithmic procedures for
accelerating and recovering complete SAR distribution [3][4][5][6]. The number of required
probes remains quite large for reducing the uncertainty, thus dedicating such ultra fast SAR
apparatus to production line testing. In this article, we investigate on the replacement of the
robot by miniature probes array placed inside the phantom (see figure 1), then allowing an
instantaneous spatial/volume discrete E-field scan without displacement. We study the
influence of the sensors depending on their dimensions and we analyze the SAR uncertainty.