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Wireless monitoring of the biological object state at microwave frequencies: A review

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Radio-frequency identification systems used for the remote diagnostics of diseases and contactless monitoring and assessment of human health are reviewed. The propagation of electromagnetic waves inside a biological medium and along interfaces between different media, as well as the problem of telemetry data acquisition from implanted systems or system on the human body surface using wireless sensors, is considered. Emphasis is on radio-frequency identification systems that use far-field electromagnetic radiation, since they are necessary in emergency situations to find injured people in hard-to-reach places and assess the state of emergency response workers.

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Original Russian Text © I.B. Vendik, O.G. Vendik, D.S. Kozlov, I.V. Munina, V.V. Pleskachev, A.S. Rusakov, P.A. Tural’chuk, 2016, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 3–26.

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Vendik, I.B., Vendik, O.G., Kozlov, D.S. et al. Wireless monitoring of the biological object state at microwave frequencies: A review. Tech. Phys. 61, 1–22 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784216010242

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