Embedded microwave system for monitoring of intracranial pressure

RWS 2009 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-122

  Kawoos, U ^a   Warty, R ^a   Tofighi, M R ^b   Kralick, F A ^c   Yoo, D ^d   Neal, T ^d   Rosen, A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Embedded wireless implants; Intracranial pressure; Planar inverted F antenna; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURY; EMBEDDED WIRELESS IMPLANTS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

BRAIN; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67650545132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2009.4957299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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