RF transmission characteristics in/through the human body

Author

Qing, Xianming ; Chen, Zhi Ning ; See, Terrence Shie Ping ; Goh, Chean Khan ; Chiam, Tat Meng

Author_Institution

RF & Opt. Dept., Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2010

fDate

28-30 June 2010

Firstpage

20

Lastpage

23

Abstract

In this paper, the RF transmission characteristics in/through human body are investigated experimentally and numerically. An experimental methodology to characterize the RF transmission of human body is presented. The proposed method addresses the challenge to characterize the RF transmission accurately and reliably without the body tissue effect on the antennas under test. The proposed methodology of using tissue-embedded antennas is validated at 403 MHz band (Medical Implant Communication Service, MICS).

Keywords

antennas; prosthetics; radiocommunication; Medical Implant Communication Service; RF transmission characteristic; body tissue effect; human body; tissue-embedded antenna; Conductivity; Humans; Implants; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microwave integrated circuits; Propagation losses; Radio frequency; Skin; Transmitting antennas; Wireless communication; MICS; RF transmission; biomedical applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS), 2010 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6499-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIS.2010.5518586

Filename

5518586