On the performance of telemedicine system using 17-GHZ orthogonally polarized microwave links under the influence of heavy rainfall

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Fong, Bernard ^a   Fong, A C M ^b   Hong, G Y ^c  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomedical equipment; Broad band wireless access; Electronic patient records; Emergency services; Mobile healthcare providers; Patient monitoring; Phase shift; Polarization; Telemedicine; Wearable computing

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HEALTH CARE; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MICROWAVES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; RAIN; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WEARABLE COMPUTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; MOBILE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS; PATIENT RECORDS;

TELEMEDICINE;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER NETWORK; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; RAIN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 25844498407     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2005.847499     Document Type: Article

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