Design of an implantable slot dipole conformal flexible antenna for biomedical applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3556-3564

  Scarpello, Maria Lucia ^a   Kurup, Divya ^a   Rogier, Hendrik ^a   Ginste, Dries Vande ^a   Axisa, Fabrice ^b   Vanfleteren, Jan ^b   Joseph, Wout ^a   Martens, Luc ^a   Vermeeren, Gunter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ELINTEC TFCG   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bent antenna; implantable antennas; industrial; muscle tissue sensitivity; scientific and medical (ISM) band; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INDUSTRIAL; MUSCLE TISSUE SENSITIVITY; SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL (ISM) BAND; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MUSCLE; RADAR ANTENNAS; SILICONES;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 80053624167     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2163761     Document Type: Article

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