Signal transmission through human muscle for implantable medical devices using galvanic intra-body communication technique

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1651-1654

  Chen, Xi Mei ^a   Mak, Peng Un ^a,d   Pun, Sio Hang ^a,b   Gao, Yue Ming ^a,c   Vai, Mang I ^a   Du, Min ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI   (Macao)

^c FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TISSUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; HUMAN MUSCLES; HUMAN TISSUES; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; INTRA-BODY COMMUNICATIONS; MONITORING FUNCTIONS; PATH LOSS; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; RESEARCH TOPICS; RF DATA; SENSOR DEVICE; SIGNAL TRANSMISSION; TRANSMITTING SIGNAL;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MUSCLE; SENSORS;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELEMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELEMETRY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880837305     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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