On the use of ultrasonic communications in biosensor networks

8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, BIBE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ifantis, Antonis ^a   Kalis, Antonis ^a  

^a ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT RATES; COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; HUMAN TISSUES; NETWORK APPLICATIONS; NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY; POWER EFFICIENCY; PROPAGATION MODELS; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEM ISSUES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 67549105656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIBE.2008.4696769     Document Type: Conference Paper

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