Miniature implantable antennas for biomedical telemetry: From simulation to realization

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART2, 2012, Pages 3140-3147

  Kiourti, Asimina ^a   Costa, Jorge R ^b   Fernandes, Carlos A ^c   Santiago, André G ^d   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomedical telemetry; dielectric measurements; implantable antenna; in vitro; medical implant communications service (MICS) band

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; IN-VITRO; MEDICAL IMPLANT COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES;

BIOTELEMETRY; DESIGN; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ITERATIVE METHODS; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTENNAS;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTRONICS; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; METHODOLOGY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MINIATURE IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEAD; HUMANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84868092581     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2202659     Document Type: Article

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