A wideband spiral antenna for ingestible capsule endoscope systems: Experimental results in a human phantom and a pig

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1734-1741

  Lee, Sang Heun ^a   Lee, Jaebok ^a   Yoon, Young Joong ^a   Park, Sangbok ^b   Cheon, Changyul ^b   Kim, Kihyun ^c   Nam, Sangwook ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; capsule endoscope; endoscopic capsule images; human phantom; wideband spiral antenna

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM; CIRCULAR POLARIZED; ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULE; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN PHANTOM; HUMAN PHANTOMS; IMAGE DATA; LARGE INTESTINE; LOSSY MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT SETUP; ON-OFF KEYING; RADIATION PATTERNS; RECEIVED POWER; RESONANCE CHARACTERISTIC; SPIRAL STRUCTURES; TRANSCEIVER SYSTEM; VOLTAGE STANDING-WAVE RATIO; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND ANTENNA; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BANDWIDTH; BIOTELEMETRY; ENDOSCOPY; HELICAL ANTENNAS; MAMMALS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RESOLUTION ENDOSCOPY; IMAGE DISPLAY; LARGE INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIATION; STOMACH; SWINE; WIDEBAND SPIRAL ANTENNA;

ANIMALS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; STOMACH; SWINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 79956355269     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2112659     Document Type: Article

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