RF performance of a 418-MHz radio telemeter packaged for human vaginal placement

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 427-430

  Scanlon, William G ^a   Evans, Noel E ^a   McCreesh, Zita M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical telemetry; SPICE; UHF antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; TELEMETRY; VAGINA;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMETRY; THERMOMETERS; VAGINA;

EID: 0030939544     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.568919     Document Type: Article

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