Electromagnetic and thermal effects of IR-UWB wireless implant systems on the human head

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 5179-5182

  Thotahewa, Kasun M S ^a   Redoute, Jean Michel ^a   Yuce, Mehmet R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NEURAL RECORDING SYSTEMS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS; WIRELESS TRANSMITTING;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HEAT; HUMAN; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIO WAVES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84886539433     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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