Characterization of the 2.4 GHz ISM Band Electromagnetic Interference in a Hospital Environment

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3245-3248

  Krishnamoorthy, Seshagiri ^a   Reed, Jeffery H ^a   Anderson, Christopher R ^a   Robert, P Max ^a   Srikanteswara, Srikathyayani ^a  

^a Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group Blacksburg   (United States)

Author keywords

2.4 GHz ISM; Bluetooth; Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); Hospital environments; Microwave ovens; WLAN

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; HOSPITALS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MICROWAVE OVENS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

2.4 GHZ ISM; BLUETOOTH;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE;

EID: 1542270699     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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