Characterization of implantable antennas for intracranial pressure monitoring: Reflection by and transmission through a scalp phantom

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2366-2376

  Warty, Ruchi ^a,b   Tofighi, Mohammad Reza ^c   Kawoos, Usmah ^d   Rosen, Arye ^d  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective radiated power (ERP); Implantable antennas; Intracranial pressure (ICP); Planar inverted F antenna (PIFA); Scalp phantom

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LASERS; REFLECTION; RESONANCE; SILICONES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER (ERP); IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP); PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA (PIFA); SCALP PHANTOM;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 54049113366     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2004254     Document Type: Article

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