Radiowave propagation from a tissue-implanted source at 418 MHz and 916.5 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 527-534

  Scanlon, William G ^a   Brian Burns, J ^a   Evans, Noel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; FDTD; Medical implants; Radio telemetry; UHF radio

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; TELEMETERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; UHF DEVICES;

ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) RADIO;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELEMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIO WAVES; VAGINA;

EID: 0034029915     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.828152     Document Type: Article

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