Research Article
Link budget investigations for ingestible antenna in MedRadio band
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2262000, author={Dimitrios Galanis and Konstantinos Psathas and Konstantina Nikita}, title={Link budget investigations for ingestible antenna in MedRadio band}, proceedings={5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies"}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2015}, month={12}, keywords={biocompatible ingestible antennas wireless capsule endoscopy on-body antennas medical device radiocommunication (medradio) services biomedical telemetry}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2262000} }- Dimitrios Galanis
Konstantinos Psathas
Konstantina Nikita
Year: 2015
Link budget investigations for ingestible antenna in MedRadio band
MOBIHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-10-2015.2262000
Abstract
Ingestible Medical Devices (IMDs) have given a strong boost to the health sector by creating new horizons in the prevention, monitoring and treatment of diseases in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. In this study, we numerically assess the telemetry link between an ingestible antenna and an on-body antenna which acts as a repeater. Both antennas can be incorporated in a complete Wireless Capsule Endoscopy (WCE) system. Two different scenarios are examined to assess the performance of the ingestible antenna inside the small intestine of an anatomical human model and the link with the on-body antenna. The ingestible antenna is placed in vertical and horizontal position inside the small intestine. It is found that a reliable communication link can be established, regardless the antenna orientation inside the small intestine, for a net input power of the ingestible antenna significantly lower than the maximum allowable power recommended by the IEEE safety guidelines
