Real time detection and tracking of gauzes by RFID UWB technique

RFID 2010: International IEEE Conference on RFID

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 97-101

  Boncinelli, S ^b   Citti, P ^a   Del Re, E ^a   Campatelli, G ^a   Pierucci, L ^a   Bocchi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Localization technique; RFID UWB; Tracking of gauzes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; FINAL OBJECTIVE; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; REAL TIME DETECTION AND TRACKING; REAL-TIME LOCALIZATION; STRESS CONDITION; SURGICAL OPERATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORKING PROCEDURE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SURGERY;

METAL DRAWING;

EID: 77953881016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFID.2010.5467260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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