Quasi-static modeling of human limb for intra-body communications with experiments

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 870-876

  Pun, Sio Hang ^a   Gao, Yue Ming ^b   Mak, Pengun ^a   Vai, Mang I ^a   Du, Min ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body area network (BAN); body sensor network (BSN); home health care system; intra body communication (IBC); quasi static model; volume conductor theory

Indexed keywords

BODY AREA NETWORKS; HOME HEALTHCARE; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; QUASI-STATIC MODEL; VOLUME CONDUCTORS;

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEALTH CARE; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SENSOR NETWORKS; TISSUE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82155163758     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2161093     Document Type: Article

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