Miniature scalp-implantable antennas for telemetry in the MICS and ISM bands: Design, safety considerations and link budget analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3568-3575

  Kiourti, Asimina ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Implantable antenna; industrial; medical implant communications service band; optimization; scientific and medical band; specific absorption rate (SAR); telemetry

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INDUSTRIAL; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL BAND; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

BIOTELEMETRY; BUDGET CONTROL; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR ANTENNAS; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TISSUE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84864723408     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2201078     Document Type: Article

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