Small Antennas Used in the Vicinity of Human Body

Koichi ITO; Masaharu TAKAHASHI; Kazuyuki SAITO

doi:10.1587/transcom.2015ISI0002

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Small Antennas Used in the Vicinity of Human Body

Koichi ITO, Masaharu TAKAHASHI, Kazuyuki SAITO

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Recently, wearable wireless devices or terminals have become hot a topic not only in research but also in business. Implantable wireless devices can temporarily be utilized to monitor a patient's condition in an emergency situation or to identify people in highly secured places. Unlike conventional wireless devices, wearable or implantable devices are used on or in the human body. In this sense, body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs) have become a very active area of research. Radio-frequency or microwave medical devices used for cancer treatment systems and surgical operation have completely different functions, but they are used on or in the human body. In terms of research techniques, such medical devices have a lot of similarities to BCWCs. The antennas to be used in the vicinity of the human body should be safe, small and robust. Also, their interaction with the human body should be well considered. This review paper describes some of the wearable antennas as well as implantable antennas that have been studied in our laboratory.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E99-B No.1 pp.9-18

Publication Date: 2016/01/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.2015ISI0002

Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Antennas, Propagation and Wireless Systems Related to Topics in ISAP2014)

Category: Antennas and Propagation

Authors

Koichi ITO
  Chiba University
Masaharu TAKAHASHI
  Chiba University
Kazuyuki SAITO
  Chiba University

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wearable antenna, implantable antenna, body-centric wireless communications, RFID, hyperthermia, medical device, human body, phantom

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Koichi ITO, Masaharu TAKAHASHI, Kazuyuki SAITO, "Small Antennas Used in the Vicinity of Human Body" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E99-B, no. 1, pp. 9-18, January 2016, doi: 10.1587/transcom.2015ISI0002.
Abstract: Recently, wearable wireless devices or terminals have become hot a topic not only in research but also in business. Implantable wireless devices can temporarily be utilized to monitor a patient's condition in an emergency situation or to identify people in highly secured places. Unlike conventional wireless devices, wearable or implantable devices are used on or in the human body. In this sense, body-centric wireless communications (BCWCs) have become a very active area of research. Radio-frequency or microwave medical devices used for cancer treatment systems and surgical operation have completely different functions, but they are used on or in the human body. In terms of research techniques, such medical devices have a lot of similarities to BCWCs. The antennas to be used in the vicinity of the human body should be safe, small and robust. Also, their interaction with the human body should be well considered. This review paper describes some of the wearable antennas as well as implantable antennas that have been studied in our laboratory.
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