Antenna applications corner: Miniature implantable and wearable on-body antennas: Towards the new era of wireless body-centric systems

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 271-291

  Rao, Sudhakar ^a   Llombart, Nuria ^b   Moradi, Elham ^c   Koski, Karoliina ^c   Björninen, Toni ^c   Sydänheimo, Lauri ^c   Rabaey, Jan M ^d   Carmena, Jose M ^d   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^e   Ukkonen, Leena ^c  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EEMCS Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical telemetry; body sensor networks; brain computer interfaces; implantable biomedical devices; radiofrequency identification

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; COUPLINGS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET OF THINGS; LOOP ANTENNAS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSORS;

BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDS; MINIATURIZED ANTENNAS; PERSONAL HEALTH CARE; REAL TIME MONITORING;

WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84901977818     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2014.6821799     Document Type: Article

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