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Intrabody Communication in Biotelemetry

Biotelemetry is remote monitoring, measuring and recording of a living organism’s function, activity or condition. Network of sensor nodes placed on or implanted inside the body of a subject is called Body Area Network (BAN). In this work we will describe the principles of a wireless body area network which uses the human body as a transmission medium, namely intrabody communication (IBC). We will describe the limitations set on the IBC systems, describe dielectric properties of the human body as a transmission medium, specify different ways of transmitting signals through the human body and compare characteristics of the IBC systems found in the literature.

Biotelemetry, intrabody communication (IBC), capacitive coupling, galvanic coupling

Reprint rada 10.1007/978-3-642-15687-8_18