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Brooks Air Force Base, TX
Protocol - 2003-13 - Determination of Thermal Injury Thresholds Using Radio Frequency Radiation
Title:
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Determination of Thermal Injury Thresholds Using Radio
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Research Category:
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N1: Physical Protection |
FY:
2003
Funding (in dollars): |
100,000 |
Responsible Organization: |
AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB/BROOKS
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Primary Contact: |
Public Affairs Office |
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Brooks City-Base |
State:
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TX |
Zip:
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78235-5116 |
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Keywords: |
LABORATORY ANIMALS BURN THERMAL INJURY RADIO FREQUENCY
RADIATION MILLIMETER WAVE MICROWAVE |
Objective: |
This protocol seeks to determine threshold levels of
exposure to radio frequency radiation (RFR) of millimeter wavelength (MMW)
sufficient to produce thermal injury in both juvenile and adult
rodents. The depth of penetration of 94-GHz RFR has been calculated to
be approximately 0.3 mm, meaning that most of the MMW energy absorbed
in animals will occur in the cutaneous region. This level of energy
deposition may make the traditional thermal injury literature not
relevant to predicting the time vs. duration function for thermal
injury. |
Approach: |
The DoD is currently operating and developing
millimeter wave systems. Knowledge of the potential bioeffects of
exposure to these emerging systems is essential to the protection of
DoD personnel. In the experiments proposed in this protocol, animals
will be exposed to continuous wave millimeter wave energy under far
field conditions to learn the amount of energy vs. time to produce
various levels of thermal injury to the skin. |
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Rats, mice, birds, amphibians and other animals have
been excluded from coverage by the Animal Welfare Act. Therefore research
facility reports do not include these animals. As a result of this
situation, a blank report, or one with few animals listed, does not mean
that a facility has not performed experiments on non-reportable animals. A
blank form does mean that the facility in question has not used covered
animals (primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, pigs,
sheep, goats, etc.). Rats and mice alone are believed to comprise over 90%
of the animals used in experimentation. Therefore the majority of animals
used at research facilities are not even counted.
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