Energy transmission transformer for a wireless capsule endoscope: Analysis of specific absorption rate and current density in biological tissue

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1864-1871

  Shiba, Kenji ^a   Nagato, Tomohiro ^a   Tsuji, Toshio ^a   Koshiji, Kohji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscope; Current density; Energy transmission; International Commission on Nonionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP); Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT PROTECTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; KETONES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLASMA (HUMAN); RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TARGET DRONES; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS; TISSUE; TRANSMISSIONS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ANALYTICAL MODELLING; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SIMULATORS; ENERGY TRANSMISSION; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; HUMAN TRUNK; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; MAGNETIC STRENGTH; NON-IONIZING RADIATIONS; OUTPUT POWERS; SMALL INTESTINES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR); WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE;

CURRENT DENSITY;

ABSORPTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE TISSUE; PHANTOM; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY; SIMULATOR; SKIN; SMALL INTESTINE; SPINE; TISSUE; VALIDITY;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 45749090993     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.919721     Document Type: Article

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