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doi: 10.3390/s20071987
pmid: 32252309
pmc: PMC7180723
handle: 10902/28989 , 10651/56638 , 10553/106609 , 10498/23168
doi: 10.3390/s20071987
pmid: 32252309
pmc: PMC7180723
handle: 10902/28989 , 10651/56638 , 10553/106609 , 10498/23168
Microwave thermometry is a noninvasive and passive technique for measuring internal body temperature. Wearable compact antennas, matched to the specific body area, are required for this method. We present a new epidermal wideband antenna for medical radiometry. The double asymmetric H-shaped slot antenna was designed to be matched to different parts of the body without fat layers. The slots are fed by a short-circuited microstrip line in order to decrease size and back radiation, thus reducing potential interferences. In this way, contribution to radiometric temperature due to back radiation is lower than 4%, versus the 20% of the volume under investigation, over the whole operating frequency band. The designed prototype was manufactured on a flexible substrate. The antenna is a very small size, to make it comfortable and suitable for being used by patients with different body mass indexes. The double H-shaped antenna shows good wideband matching results from around 1.5 GHz up to 5 GHz, in different body locations such as the neck, foot instep and foot sole.
Chemical technology, 3314 Tecnología médica, Electromagnetic Radiation, TP1-1185, Thermometry, Epidermal antenna, Flexible wideband antenna, Article, Body Temperature, epidermal antenna, Microwave medical applications, flexible wideband antenna, Humans, Microwaves, Radiometry, microwave medical applications, Wireless Technology
Chemical technology, 3314 Tecnología médica, Electromagnetic Radiation, TP1-1185, Thermometry, Epidermal antenna, Flexible wideband antenna, Article, Body Temperature, epidermal antenna, Microwave medical applications, flexible wideband antenna, Humans, Microwaves, Radiometry, microwave medical applications, Wireless Technology
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