Performances of an implanted cavity slot antenna embedded in the human arm

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 4 PART. 1, 2009, Pages 894-899

  Xia, Wei ^a   Saito, Kazuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 3 muscle equivalent phantom; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Implanted antenna; Scale model

Indexed keywords

2/3 MUSCLE-EQUIVALENT PHANTOM; ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS; CARDIAC BEATS; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); H-SHAPED; HUMAN ARMS; HUMAN BODIES; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IMPLANTED ANTENNA; INDUSTRIAL-SCIENTIFIC-MEDICAL BANDS; SCALE MODEL; SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNICATION; MUSCLE; SLOT ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

EID: 65549144283     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2014579     Document Type: Article

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