Biological channel modeling and implantable UWB antenna design for neural recording systems

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 88-98

  Bahrami, Hadi ^a   Mirbozorgi, S Abdollah ^a   Rusch, Leslie A ^a   Gosselin, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average specific absorption rate (ASAR); biological tissues; channel modeling; implantable antenna; neural recording; telemetry; ultrawideband

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; NEURONS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEMETERING; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CHANNEL MODEL; IMPLANTABLE ANTENNAS; NEURAL RECORDINGS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

FAT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICKEN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE SAFETY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DURA MATER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGICAL IMPLANT; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SHEEP; SKIN; THICKNESS; ULTRAWIDEBAND; ULTRAWIDEBAND ANTENNA; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TELEMETRY; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84919935379     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2014.2339836     Document Type: Article

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