Antennas for ultra-wideband medical sensor systems

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1868-1872

  Hein, M A ^a   Geyer, C ^b   Helbig, M ^a   Hilger, I ^b   Sachs, J ^a   Schwarz, U ^a   Seifert, F ^c   Stephan, R ^a   Thiel, F ^c  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; MEDICAL SENSOR SYSTEMS; MOVING TARGETS; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES; RADIATION PATTERNS; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349881832     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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