IEEE Draft Standard for Microwave Structural, Vascular, or Functional Brain Imaging Device Safety

This standard specifies requirements and guidelines, for the design of radio frequency (RF) brain imaging systems, to help protect subjects/users/patients from adverse effects from overexposure to RF electromagnetic energy, and from other electrical, mechanical, chemical, and biological hazards. This standard is limited to brain imaging devices using a brain machine interface (BMI) that intentionally couples low-level RF electromagnetic energy, in the frequency range between 10 MHz and 20 GHz, into the human head using antennas or probes in direct 6 contact with, or close proximity to, the human head.