Recent advances in fabrication methods for flexible antennas in wearable devices: State of the art

B Mohamadzade, RM Hashmi, RBVB Simorangkir… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antennas are a vital component of the wireless body sensor networks devices. A wearable
antenna in this system can be used as a communication component or energy harvester …

Antennas and propagation for body-centric wireless communications at millimeter-wave frequencies: A review [wireless corner]

A Pellegrini, A Brizzi, L Zhang, K Ali… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Body-centric wireless communications represent a well-established field of research, with
many studies and applications developed in a range of frequencies that extend from 400 …

A review of radio channel models for body centric communications

SL Cotton, R D'Errico, C Oestges - Radio Science, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The human body is an extremely challenging environment for the operation of wireless
communications systems, not least because of the complex antenna-body electromagnetic …

A statistical model for shadowed body-centric communications channels: Theory and validation

SL Cotton - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new statistical signal reception model for shadowed body-centric
communications channels. In this model, the potential clustering of multipath components is …

Ultrawideband, stable normal and cancer skin tissue phantoms for millimeter-wave skin cancer imaging

A Mirbeik-Sabzevari… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work introduces new, stable, and broadband skin-equivalent semisolid phantoms for
mimicking interactions of millimeter waves with the human skin and skin tumors. Realistic …

Antenna parameters for on-body communications with wearable and implantable antennas

L Berkelmann, D Manteuffel - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, redefined antenna parameters regarding the additional effects occurring with
on-body propagation are derived to enable a standardized characterization of on-body …

Design and study of an mmwave wearable textile based compact antenna for healthcare applications

M Monirujjaman Khan, J Hossain… - … journal of antennas …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the design of a compact and novel millimeter wave cotton textile‐based
wearable antenna for body‐centric communications in healthcare applications is presented …

WBAN channel modeling for 900 MHz and 60 GHz communications

R Aminzadeh, A Thielens, M Zhadobov… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with the experimental characterization of the on-body propagation channel
for applications in wireless body area networks (WBANs). The on-body propagation was …

Electromagnetic effective coupling and high spatial resolution theory in near-field cardiac sensing

C Li, S Zheng, X Hui, X Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Noncontact vital signs detecting in medical and healthcare applications have been widely
recognized. However, due to the limited penetration depth into the skin, the microwave …

Near-body shadowing analysis at 60 GHz

T Mavridis, L Petrillo, J Sarrazin… - … on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A numerical model of the fading of a receiver (Rx) located near the user body at 60 GHz in
an indoor environment is presented. The model is based on the indoor channel model IEEE …