@inproceedings{d5863abd477648c8a362d4d1bdb9a84e,
title = "Feasibility study for optical BAN",
abstract = "To examine the practical potential of an optical body area network (BAN) technique, a feasibility study was conducted of optical data transmission through a human hand using diffusely scattered light. The data transmission of 170 mm distance in a human hand was accomplished to show the possibility of the data transmission from the wrist to the fingertips in an adult hand. The frequency bandwidth for data transmission was restricted by the effect of strong scattering inside body tissues. In experiments using a human hand, the bandwidth was measured to be 2.80 GHz. The feasibility of BAN using diffusely scattered light in the body was verified through these analyses.",
keywords = "BAN, body area network, data transmission, diffusion, optical BAN, optical communication, scattering",
author = "Junkichi Akiyama and Daisuke Seki and Takeshi Namita and Yuji Kato and Koichi Shimizu",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1109/ISMICT.2013.6521690",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781467357722",
series = "International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT",
pages = "14--17",
booktitle = "2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2013",
note = "2013 7th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology, ISMICT 2013 ; Conference date: 06-03-2013 Through 08-03-2013",
}