Monitoring of cardio-pulmonary activity with UWB radar: A circuital model

2008 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and 19th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, APEMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 224-227

  Pisa, Stefano ^a   Bernardi, Paolo ^a   Cavagnaro, Marta ^a   Pittella, Erika ^a   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; RADAR; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ASIA-PACIFIC; DISPERSIVE BEHAVIORS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC SOFTWARE; SIGNAL SOURCES;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 51749111442     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEMC.2008.4559852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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