Understanding and characterizing nanonetworks for healthcare monitoring applications

Author

Chopra, Nishtha ; Yang, Ke ; Upton, Jamie ; Alomainy, Akram ; Philpott, Mike ; Hao, Yang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary, Univ. of London, London, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Terahertz (THz) region of the electromagnetic spectrum has been of wide interest during the past few years. It has been regarded as the promising working band for Nanoscale Communication. In this paper, experimental investigations and analysis using THz-TDS (THz Time Domain Spectroscopy) system are presented and discussed. The study is focused on biological modeling of artificial skin and thereby extracting the refractive index values at the THz band. The paper also compares the results with already reported papers. The results are promising and in agreement with minor variation due to different growth process and experimental environment.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; body sensor networks; health care; nanomedicine; patient monitoring; refractive index; skin; terahertz spectroscopy; time-domain analysis; Nanoscale Communication; THz Time Domain Spectroscopy; THz band; THz-TDS system; artificial skin; biological modeling; electromagnetic spectrum; experimental environment; growth process; healthcare monitoring applications; nanonetworks; refractive index values; terahertz region; Analytical models; Dielectrics; Educational institutions; Nanobioscience; Refractive index; Skin; Spectroscopy; THz spectroscopy; THz technology; human tissue;

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.2014.7032446

Filename

7032446