Implantable and ingestible medical devices with wireless telemetry functionalities: A review of current status and challenges

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Kiourti, Asimina ^a   Psathas, Konstantinos A ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Implantable and ingestible medical devices; Implantable antenna; Ingestible antenna; Medical telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DIAGNOSIS; TELEMETERING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

CURRENT STATUS; IMPLANTABLE AND INGESTIBLE MEDICAL DEVICE; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; INGESTIBLE ANTENNA; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL TELEMETRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES; WIRELESS TELEMETRY;

ANTENNAS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEVICES; HUMAN; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84897070665     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21813     Document Type: Review

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