Developing a wireless implantable body sensor network in MICS band

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-576

  Fang, Qiang ^a   Lee, Shuenn Yuh ^b   Permana, Hans ^a   Ghorbani, Kamran ^a   Cosic, Irena ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body sensor network (BSN); electromagnetic field (EMF) absorption; implantable biomedical devices; medical implant communications service; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; HEALTH MONITORING; HUMAN BODIES; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IN-VIVO; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SERVICES; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE; ON-BODY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; RESEARCH AREAS; RF TRANSCEIVERS; SAFETY CONCERNS; SAFETY LIMITS; SENSING NODES; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP TECHNOLOGY; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION;

ABSORPTION; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY BANDS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SPACE OPTICS; TRANSCEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79960484703     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2153865     Document Type: Article

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