Modeling and characterization of biotelemetric radio channel from ingested implants considering organ contents

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 4 PART. 1, 2009, Pages 999-1005

  Alomainy, Akram ^a   Hao, Yang ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry radio channel; Electromagnetic time domain numerical technique; Ingested medical implants; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY RADIO CHANNEL; DIGITAL PHANTOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC TIME-DOMAIN NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAIN VARIATIONS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; INDUSTRIAL , SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BANDS; INGESTED MEDICAL IMPLANTS; NEAR FIELDS; RADIO PROPAGATION CHANNELS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TELE-MEDICINE APPLICATIONS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCIES; WAVE ABSORPTIONS; WAVE ATTENUATIONS; WIRELESS IMPLANTS;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGITAL RADIO; ELECTROMAGNETISM; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TELEMEDICINE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 65549118754     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2014531     Document Type: Article

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