Quasi-static field modeling and validation for intra-body communication

3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gao, Yue Ming ^a,c   Pun, Sio Hang ^a,b   Du, Min ^a,c   Vai, Mang I ^a,b   Mak, Peng Un ^a,b  

^a Key Laboratory of Medical Instrumentation and Pharmaceutical Technology   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Galvanic coupling; Home health care; Intra body communication; Maxwell equations; Model

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODELS;

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM; COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES; CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; GALVANIC COUPLING; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; QUASISTATIC FIELD;

HOME HEALTH CARE;

EID: 72749124738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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