Application of near-field intra-body communication and spread spectrum technique to vital-sign monitor

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4517-4520

  Kobayashi, Takumi ^a   Shimatani, Yuichi ^a   Kyoso, Masaki ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BODIES; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; NEAR-FIELD; ROBUST COMMUNICATION; SPREAD SPECTRUM; SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES; TRANSMISSION CHANNELS; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS ECG MONITORING;

SPECTROSCOPY;

COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VITAL SIGN; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VITAL SIGNS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870796305     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346971     Document Type: Conference Paper

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