Measurement and simulation of radio wave propagation in hospitals

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 792-796

  Schäfer, Thomas M ^a   Maurer, Jürgen ^a   Wiesbeck, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPERATING ROOMS; X RAYS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPH; RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION; RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS;

RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0036445428     PISSN: 07400551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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