Evaluation of cardiovascular stents as antennas for implantable wireless applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2523-2532

  Chow, Eric Y ^a   Ouyang, Yuehui ^a   Beier, Brooke ^b   Chappell, William J ^a   Irazoqui, Pedro P ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications of electromagnetic (EM) radiation; Biomedical monitoring; Biomedical telemetry; Implantable biomedical devices

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PATTERN; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) RADIATION; BIOMEDICAL MONITORING; BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR STENTS; CIRCULATORY SYSTEMS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EMPIRICAL DATA; FAR-FIELD; FREE SPACE; H-PLANES; HEART FAILURE; HIGH FIDELITY MODELS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; HUMAN BODY MODELS; IMPLANT LOCATION; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IN-VIVO; INTERNAL PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; POWER REDUCTIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS; WIRELESS APPLICATION; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNAS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DATA TRANSFER; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 70350202514     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2029954     Document Type: Article

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