Design and measurement considerations for implantable antennas for telemetry applications

EuCAP 2010 - The 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Merli, Francesco ^a   Skrivervik, Anja K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77955333050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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