Shielded UWB sensor for biomedical applications

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 1576-1579

  Bourqui, Jeremie ^a   Fear, Elise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antenna; biomedical; sensor; ultrawideband (UWB); waveguide

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; DIRECT CONTACT; HUMAN BODIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; RADIATING ELEMENTS; SENSOR STRUCTURES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SENSORS; UWB-SENSOR; VIVALDI;

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; WAVEGUIDES;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84872349557     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2012.2235814     Document Type: Article

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