Detuning issues and performance of a novel implantable antenna for telemetry applications

Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 746-749

  Kiourti, Asimina ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

biocompatibility; biotelemetry; implantable antenna; medical implant communications service (MICS) band; miniaturization; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MODEL; DETUNINGS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; MINIATURIZATION; PERFORMANCE ISSUES; RESONANCE DETUNING; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; VARYING PARAMETERS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOTELEMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RESONANCE; TISSUE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862838126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206560     Document Type: Conference Paper

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