TY - GEN
T1 - Characterising skin-based nano-networks for healthcare monitoring applications at THz
AU - Yang, Ke
AU - Chopra, Nishtha
AU - Upton, Jamie
AU - Hao, Yang
AU - Philpott, Mike
AU - Alomainy, Akram
AU - Abbasi, Qammer H.
AU - Qaraqe, Khalid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/10/22
Y1 - 2015/10/22
N2 - Nano-technology has received great progress since its proposal specifically for biomedical applications inside the human body. Compared with the molecular communication paradigm, electromagnetic way based on Tera-Hertz technology has also gained great attention. In this paper, the optical parameter of human skin tissues (specifically collagen, the main constitute of the second layer of skin) is measured using the THz-TDS system. Based on this work, the channel performance is investigated to study the possibility of THz wave propagation in human skin for various monitoring and preventive healthcare applications. Results show that the capacity can reach as high as Tera-bits per second at the level of millimeter, which paves the road for the application of THz wave for nano-communications.
AB - Nano-technology has received great progress since its proposal specifically for biomedical applications inside the human body. Compared with the molecular communication paradigm, electromagnetic way based on Tera-Hertz technology has also gained great attention. In this paper, the optical parameter of human skin tissues (specifically collagen, the main constitute of the second layer of skin) is measured using the THz-TDS system. Based on this work, the channel performance is investigated to study the possibility of THz wave propagation in human skin for various monitoring and preventive healthcare applications. Results show that the capacity can reach as high as Tera-bits per second at the level of millimeter, which paves the road for the application of THz wave for nano-communications.
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U2 - 10.1109/APS.2015.7304485
DO - 10.1109/APS.2015.7304485
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84953727179
T3 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)
SP - 199
EP - 200
BT - 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, APS 2015
Y2 - 19 July 2015 through 24 July 2015
ER -