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Project

Design of stretchable and flexible implantable antennas, determination of electromagnetic absorption, and characterisation of in-body and in-to-out-body wireless links
Code
3G004909
Duration
01 January 2009 → 31 December 2014
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Communications
    • Communications technology
    • Electronics
    • Nanotechnology
    • Design theories and methods
Keywords
antennas and propagation mobile communications flexible implantable antennas absorption wireless body area networks
 
Project description

The aim of the project is to design implantable antennas, develop a channel model for in-to-out body and in-body wireless communication, and to determine the absorption of electromagnetic radiation in the body due to the implants.