Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS), 2010 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6499-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCIS.2010.5518586
