Design of implantable microstrip antenna for communication with medical implants

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1944-1951

  Soontornpipit, Pichitpong ^a   Furse, Cynthia M ^a   Chung, You Chung ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatible antenna; Medical implant communications services (MICS); Microstrip; Pacemaker antenna; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PACEMAKERS; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE ANTENNA; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (MICS); MICROSTRIP; PACEMAKER ANTENNA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 4043153400     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.831976     Document Type: Article

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