EMC and wireless healthcare

2010 Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, APEMC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 5-8

  Witters, Donald ^a   Seidman, Seth ^a   Bassen, Howard ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARTS; DATA INTEGRITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; MEDICAL DEVICES; WIRELESS EQUIPMENTS; WIRELESS SECURITY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PACEMAKERS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TECHNOLOGY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77954982096     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APEMC.2010.5475637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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