Title :
UWB supporting medical ICT applications
Author :
Hämäläinen, Matti ; Pirinen, Pekka ; Iinatti, Jari ; Taparugssanagorn, Attaphongse
Author_Institution :
Centre for Wireless Commun., Univ. of Oulu, Oulu
Abstract :
In this paper, the utilization of ultra wideband (UWB) technology is reviewed for medical wireless ICT applications. As a low power technique, UWB is capable to operate in underlay fashion with other existing radio and medical systems. At hospital site, this is one of the major requirements set to the electrical devices. UWB makes it possible to utilize both high and low data rate applications and accurate positioning.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; ultra wideband communication; medical systems; medical wireless ICT applications; radio systems; ultra wideband technology; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Communication system security; Hospitals; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Ultra wideband technology; Wearable sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Medical facilities; positioning; wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband, 2008. ICUWB 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hannover
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2216-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1827-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2008.4653405
