Wireless In-Body Environment

Deliverables

Documents, reports (11)

communication report

Communication report. Further due dates (in months): 24, 36 and 48

Data rates and 50% improved operational time of the transceivers

Antennas with enhanced performance of 40 cm transmission range tested in-vitro

In-vitro test results

Final report on pre-clinical evaluation

In-body channel modelling and propagation models

Dissemination report

Dissemination report. Further due dates (in months): 24, 36 and 48

Special Sessions

Networking report

Networking report. Further due dates (in months): 24, 36 and 48

Local training activities final report

Key Network Wide-Training Activities

Key Network Wide-Training Activities Further due dates (in months): 48

Other (5)

Fellow profile and advertisement flyer

List of recruited fellows

ESR Conference

Website

final conference

Publications

Conference proceedings (22)

Molecular Communications for cardiomyocytes

Author(s): Lu,Pengfei; Pritam, Bose; Mohammad, Albatat; Ilangko, Balasingham
Published in: 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 11-15 July 2017, 2017, Page(s) 1
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1038986

Compact Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Array for Body Area Communication

Author(s): Fang, Xiao; Ramzan, Mehrab; Wang, Qiong; Plettemeier, Dirk
Published in: 12th International Conference on Body Area Networks, 28-29 September 2017, 2017, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: ACM Digital Library
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1036301

Impedance Characteristics and Field Separation of Body Implanted Antennas

Author(s): Wang, Qiong; Fang, Xiao; Plettemeier, Dirk
Published in: 11th International Conference on Body Area Networks, 15-16 December 2016, 2016, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: ACM Digital Library
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1036323

Study of a dipole antenna in the vicinity of lossless and lossy medium for on-body antenna analysis

Author(s): Ramzan, Mehrab; Fang, Xiao; Wang, Qiong; Plettemeier, Dirk
Published in: 12th International Conference on Body Area Networks, 28-29 September 2017, 2017, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: ACM Digital Library
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1036311

Estimating eavesdropping risk for next generation implants

Author(s): Awan, Muhammad Faheem; Kansanen, Kimmo
Published in: 12th International Conference on Body Area Networks, 28-29 September 2017, 2017, Page(s) 1-4
Publisher: ACM Digital Library
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1034614

Wireless Channel Modeling for Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker: Effects ofVentricular Blood Volume

Author(s): Pritam Bose, Ali Khaleghi, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2018, Page(s) 3746-3749, ISBN 978-1-5386-3646-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513099

Experimental In-Body to On-Body and In-Body to In-Body Path Loss Models of Planar Elliptical Ring Implanted Antenna in the Ultra-Wide Band

Author(s): Xiao Fang, Mehrab Ramzan, Qiangbo Zhang, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Qiong Wang, Niels Neumann, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Narcis Cardona, Dirk Plettemeier
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2019.8743676

Experimental phantom-based evaluation of Physical Layer Security for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker

Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Awan, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Kimmo Kansanen, Pritam Bose, Sergio Castello-Palacios, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2018 IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2018, Page(s) 333-339, ISBN 978-1-5386-6009-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2018.8580808

Localization for capsule endoscopy at UWB frequencies using an experimental multilayer phantom

Author(s): Martina Barbi, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Carlos Andreu, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW), 2018, Page(s) 390-395, ISBN 978-1-5386-1154-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WCNCW.2018.8369015

Miniaturized Planar Implanted Spiral Antenna Inside the Heart Muscle at MICS Band for Future Leadless Pacemakers

Author(s): Mehrab Ramzan, Xiao Fang, Qiong Wang, Niels Neumann, Dirk Plettemeier
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2019.8743709

Initial UWB in-body channel characterization using a novel multilayer phantom measurement setup

Author(s): Sofia Perez-Simbor, Martina Barbi, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Sergio Castello-Palacios, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW), 2018, Page(s) 384-389, ISBN 978-1-5386-1154-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WCNCW.2018.8369011

RSS-Based Secret Key Generation in Wireless In-body Networks

Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Awan, Kimmo Kansanen, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Sergio Castello-Palacios, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2019.8743933

Information theoretic analysis for securing Next Generation Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker

Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Awan; Kimmo Kansanen; Deepak Palaksha
Published in: 5, 2018
Publisher: EAI
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3629376

Analysis of the Localization Error for Capsule Endoscopy Applications at UWB Frequencies

Author(s): Martina Barbi, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2019.8743813

Impact of Receivers Location on the Accuracy of Capsule Endoscope Localization

Author(s): Martina Barbi, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Narcis Cardona, Andrea Nevarez, Vicente Pons, Matteo Frasson
Published in: 2018 IEEE 29th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2018, Page(s) 340-344, ISBN 978-1-5386-6009-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2018.8580862

Load Modulation For Leadless Pacemaker Synchronization In A Dual Chamber Pacemaker System

Author(s): Deepak Palaksha, Giulia Rizzo, Ronald Nocua, Elie Lefeuvre, Kimmo Kansanen
Published in: 2018 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2018, Page(s) 419-425, ISBN 978-1-5386-2471-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/IECBES.2018.8626674

Automatic Detection of Intestinal Content to Evaluate Visibility in Capsule Endoscopy

Author(s): Reinier Noorda, Andrea Nevarez, Adrian Colomer, Valery Naranjo, Vicente Pons Beltran
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-6, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ismict.2019.8743878

Initial Delay Domain UWB Channel Characterization for In-Body Area Networks

Author(s): Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Narcis Cardona
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-5, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ismict.2019.8743767

Diseño y desarrollo de un sistema para la detección automática de sangre en imágenes de cápsula endoscópica

Author(s): Pedro Pons Suñer, Reinier Noorda, Valery Naranjo, Andrea Heredia, Vicente Pons Beltrán
Published in: 2018 XXXVI Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica (CASEIB), 2018, Page(s) 257-260, ISBN 978-84-09-06253-9
Publisher: VISILAB

Potentiality of magnetoelectric composites for Wireless Power Transmission in medical implants

Author(s): Giulia Rizzo, Vincent Loyau, Ronald Nocua, Jean Christophe Lourme, Elie Lefeuvre
Published in: 2019 13th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT), 2019, Page(s) 1-4, ISBN 978-1-7281-2342-4
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT.2019.8743873

Human Body Communication Channel Characterization for Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers

Author(s): Mirko Maldari; Karima Amara; Ismael Rattalino; Chadi Jabbour; Patricia Desgreys
Published in: "2018 25th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Dec 2018, Bordeaux, France. pp.185-188, ⟨10.1109/ICECS.2018.8617987⟩", 1, 2018
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3590267

ENDOCLEAN: AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF THE CLEANLINESS OF THE SMALL BOWEL IN CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES

Author(s): A Nevárez, R Noorda, V Naranjo, N Alonso, V Pons
Published in: ESGE Days 2019, 2019
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1681191

Peer reviewed articles (14)

CARS 2017—Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Proceedings of the 31st International Congress and Exhibition Barcelona, Spain, June 20–24, 2017

Author(s): R. Noorda, V. Naranjo, V. Pons
Published in: International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 12/S1, 2017, Page(s) 1-286, ISSN 1861-6410
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-017-1588-3

Wireless Communications for Medical In-Body Devices: Challenges for In-body Propagation

Author(s): C. Garcia-Pardo, C. Andreu, A. Fornes-Leal, S. Castelló-Palacios, S. Perez-Simbor, M. Barbi, A. Vallés-Lluch, and N. Cardona
Published in: WAVES magazine, Vol. 9, Year 2017, 2017, ISSN 1889-8297
Publisher: Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia Applications

In-Body and Off-Body Channel Modeling for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers Based on Phantom and Animal Experiments

Author(s): Pritam Bose, Ali Khaleghi, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 17/12, 2018, Page(s) 2484-2488, ISSN 1536-1225
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2878950

Synaptic Communication Engineering for Future Cognitive Brain–Machine Interfaces

Author(s): Mladen Veletic, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE, 107/7, 2019, Page(s) 1425-1441, ISSN 0018-9219
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2019.2915199

Experimental Phantom-Based Security Analysis for Next-Generation Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers

Author(s): Muhammad Awan, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Kimmo Kansanen, Narcis Cardona
Published in: Sensors, 18/12, 2018, Page(s) 4327, ISSN 1424-8220
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/s18124327

UWB Path Loss Models for Ingestible Devices

Author(s): Sofia Perez-Simbor, Carlos Andreu, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Matteo Frasson, Narcis Cardona
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 67/8, 2019, Page(s) 5025-5034, ISSN 0018-926X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2891717

Ultrawideband Technology for Medical In-Body Sensor Networks: An Overview of the Human Body as a Propagation Medium, Phantoms, and Approaches for Propagation Analysis

Author(s): Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Carlos Andreu, Alejandro Fornes-Leal, Sergio Castello-Palacios, Sofia Perez-Simbor, Martina Barbi, Ana Valles-Lluch, Narcis Cardona
Published in: IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 60/3, 2018, Page(s) 19-33, ISSN 1045-9243
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2018.2818458

UWB RSS-Based Localization for Capsule Endoscopy Using a Multilayer Phantom and In Vivo Measurements

Author(s): Martina Barbi, Concepcion Garcia-Pardo, Andrea Nevarez, Vicente Pons Beltran, Narcis Cardona
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 67/8, 2019, Page(s) 5035-5043, ISSN 0018-926X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2019.2916629

RF Channel Modeling for Implant-to-Implant Communication and Implant to Subcutaneous Implant Communication for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers

Author(s): Pritam Bose, Ali Khaleghi, Mohammad Albatat, Jacob Bergsland, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 65/12, 2018, Page(s) 2798-2807, ISSN 0018-9294
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2018.2817690

Evaluating Secrecy Capacity for In-Body Wireless Channels

Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Awan, Xiao Fang, Mehrab Ramzan, Niels Neumann, Qiong Wang, Dirk Plettemeier, Kimmo Kansanen
Published in: Entropy, 21/9, 2019, Page(s) 858, ISSN 1099-4300
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/e21090858

Evaluation of Secrecy Capacity for Next-Generation Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker

Author(s): Muhammad Faheem Awan, Pritam Bose, Ali Khaleghi, Kimmo Kansanen, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2019, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 0018-9294
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2958748

Evaluation of Data Telemetry for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker

Author(s): Pritam Bose, Ali Khaleghi, Salman Mahmood, Mohammad Albatat, Jacob Bergsland, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: IEEE Access, 7, 2019, Page(s) 157933-157945, ISSN 2169-3536
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2950146

Multi-nodal nano-actuator pacemaker for energy-efficient stimulation of cardiomyocytes

Author(s): Pengfei Lu, Mladen Veletić, Martin Laasmaa, Marko Vendelin, William E. Louch, Per Steinar Halvorsen, Jacob Bergsland, Ilangko Balasingham
Published in: Nano Communication Networks, 22, 2019, Page(s) 100270, ISSN 1878-7789
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nancom.2019.100270

Energy-efficiency of Cardiomyocyte Stimulation with Rectangular Pulses

Author(s): Martin Laasmaa, Pengfei Lu, Mladen Veletić, William E. Louch, Jacob Bergsland, Ilangko Balasingham, Marko Vendelin
Published in: Scientific Reports, 9/1, 2019, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49791-w

Book chapters (1)

Design and Development of an Automatic Blood Detection System for Capsule Endoscopy Images

Author(s): Pedro Pons, Reinier Noorda, Andrea Nevárez, Adrián Colomer, Vicente Pons Beltrán, Valery Naranjo
Published in: Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2019 - 20th International Conference, Manchester, UK, November 14–16, 2019, Proceedings, Part II, 11872, 2019, Page(s) 105-113, ISBN 978-3-030-33616-5
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-33617-2_12