• DocumentCode
    1760269
  • Title

    Electromagnetic Interference in Brain Implants Using Multiple Coils: Biosafety and Data Communication Performance

  • Author

    Al-Kalbani, Ahmed ; Yuce, Mehmet Rasit ; Redoute, Jean-Michel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    41730
  • Firstpage
    490
  • Lastpage
    493
  • Abstract
    This letter investigates the use of multiple coils for the powering of and the data communication to brain implants. It studies the limits imposed by these coils in terms of biosafety and interference in the communication channels caused by neighboring and misaligned coils. Simulations using the CST Studio voxel head model are used to assess the associated health risks as well as the resilience of the proposed data communication scheme.
  • Keywords
    brain; electromagnetic interference; inductive power transmission; prosthetics; telemedicine; CST Studio voxel head model; associated health risks; biosafety; brain implants; data communication performance; electromagnetic interference; multiple coils; Coils; Data communication; Electromagnetics; Implants; Modulation; Receivers; Transmitters; Biomedical implants; biosafety; pulse-width modulated amplitude shift-keying (PWM-ASK); specific absorption rate (SAR);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9375
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEMC.2013.2288331
  • Filename
    6665127