Tissue-equivalent phantoms in the 60-GHz band and their application to the body-centric propagation studies

Author

Zhadobov, Maxim ; Guraliuc, Anda ; Chahat, Nacer ; Sauleau, Ronan

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. & Telecommun. of Rennes (IETR), Univ. of Rennes 1, Rennes, France

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Experimental tissue-equivalent phantoms represent an essential element for accurate evaluation of antenna / human body interactions as well as for body-centric propagation measurements. The paper is focused on recent advances in design of tissue-equivalent phantoms in the 60-GHz band, in particular on semi-solid and solid phantoms. Recently developed prototypes are presented and compared. Some application examples for propagation measurements are provided, demonstrating that these phantoms can be successfully used for such applications.

Keywords

antennas; biological tissues; biomedical telemetry; biomimetics; body area networks; body sensor networks; phantoms; prototypes; radiowave propagation; telemedicine; antenna-human body interaction evaluation; body-centric propagation measurement; experimental tissue-equivalent phantom; frequency 60 GHz; propagation measurement application; prototype development; semisolid phantom; solid phantom; tissue-equivalent phantom application; tissue-equivalent phantom design; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Phantoms; Skin; Solids; Textiles; Body-centric communications; millimeter waves; polymer-based phantoms; water-based phantoms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5445-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2014.7032417

Filename

7032417