Characterization of biomedical antennas for microwave heating, radiometry, and implant communication applications

2011 IEEE 12th Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, WAMICON 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tofighi, Mohmmad Reza ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

annular slot antennas; implantable antennas; intracranial pressure; planar inverted F antennas; radiometry; slot antennas

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR SLOT ANTENNAS; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BLOOD PERFUSION; COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INTRA-CRANIAL PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; NEAR-FIELD; PLANAR ANTENNAS; PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA; QUANTITY OF INTEREST; RADIATION PROPERTIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TISSUE LOSS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HEATING; HISTOLOGY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TISSUE;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 79960003361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872874     Document Type: Conference Paper

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