Computational study of ultra-wideband wave propagation into the human chest

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Khaleghi, A ^a,b,c   Balasingham, I ^a,b,d   Chavez Santiago R ^a,b,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENT SYSTEMS; EHEALTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT; HORIZONTAL WAVES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN CHEST; HUMAN TISSUES; LINE-OF-SIGHT SCENARIOS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MEDICAL AREAS; MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER DELAY PROFILES; PROPAGATION LOSS; RECEIVED SIGNALS; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DELAY SPREADS; UWB SIGNALS; VOXEL MODELS; WIRELESS SENSOR;

FREQUENCY BANDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE SENSORS; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84856750646     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2010.0247     Document Type: Article

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