Layered RF phantom characterization for wireless medical vital sign monitors

Author

Conway, Gareth A. ; Scanlon, William G. ; Nunn, Christian ; Burdett, Alison

Author_Institution

ECIT, Queen´s Univ. of Belfast, Belfast, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

2201

Lastpage

2202

Abstract

Wearable antenna performance measurements were used to characterize a synthetic variable layered phantom testbed, representative of human tissue for operation in the 868/915 MHz, and 2400 MHz industrial, scientific and medical frequency bands. Antenna radiation efficiency measurements on the phantom were compared with measurements on the thorax region of a human test subject. The results show that the phantom is representative of the human body for the application of wireless vital sign monitors, where conductive connections are made to the tissue.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; biological tissues; patient monitoring; phantoms; wearable antennas; antenna radiation efficiency measurements; conductive connections; frequency 868 MHz to 915 MHz; human body; human test subject; human tissue; industrial frequency bands; layered RF phantom characterization; medical frequency bands; scientific frequency bands; synthetic variable layered phantom testbed; thorax region; wearable antenna performance measurements; wireless vital sign monitors; Antenna measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Dipole antennas; Monitoring; Phantoms; Temperature measurement; Thorax;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6711759

Filename

6711759