Jianqing Wang

Bio: Jianqing Wang is an academic researcher from Nagoya Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ultra-wideband & Bit error rate. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 238 publications receiving 3096 citations. Previous affiliations of Jianqing Wang include Tohoku University & Korea Maritime and Ocean University.

Field Uniformity Assessment of a Reverberation Chamber for a Large-Scale Animal Study

Abstract: An exposure system was designed and implemented for the purpose of joint large-scale animal experiments conducted in Korea and Japan using a reverberation chamber (RC) in both countries. Prior to the start of the animal experiments, the parameters S21, electric field (E-field) uniformity, and Q factor were evaluated to confirm the performance of the developed chambers. The E-field uniformity, which is the most important performance factor of an RC, was evaluated at 900 MHz on 150 measurement values taken at 150 points in a loaded chamber with 80 live rats and in an empty chamber. The conditions of the loaded chamber with the rats are almost the same as the actual experimental environment and in which the rats, watering systems, animal bedding, cages, and cage racks were included. Two mean body weights of 330 and 470 g for the 80 rats were considered. The E-field uniformity was within the mean ± 1.0 dB and mean ± 2.3 dB under the empty and the rat-loaded conditions, respectively.

Numerical Techniques for SAR Assessment of Small Animals in Reverberation Chamber

Abstract: Reverberation chamber (RC) has been recently developed and used in bio-electromagnetic (EM) field research for investigation of possible adverse health effect of EM waves to human body. Concerning the use of an RC as an exposure device, accurate dosimetry or quantification of EM energy absorbed in exposed animals inside an RC is actually of importance. However, the dosimetry of animals inside an RC is one of challenging problems due to its size and complex behavior of EM fields inside the chamber. This paper is dedicated to the demonstration of three different numerical techniques developed for dosimetry of small animals exposed to EM fields inside an RC at microwave frequencies. First we briefly review procedures of each numerical method and clarify its advantages, disadvantages, and range of applications. Then we demonstrated their validity by either experiments or cross-verification. Finally we discuss the results obtained from each numerical technique.

Impact of Spatial Diversity Reception on SAR Reduction in Implant Body Area Networks

Abstract: Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is now one of most important applications in implant body area networks (BANs). WCE requires high throughput performance due to its real-time data transmission, whereas the communication performance depends much on the transmit power, which is strictly regulated in order to satisfy a safety guideline in terms of specific absorption rate (SAR). Spatial diversity reception is well known to improve the wireless performance without any temporal and spectral resource expansion. Additionally, applying spatial diversity reception to WCE systems can be expected to not only improve the wireless communication performance but also to reduce SAR. Therefore, this paper investigates the impact of spatial diversity reception on SAR levels for the 400 MHz medical implant communication service (MICS) band. To begin with, based on finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations for implant BAN propagation with a numerical human body model, we first calculate the BER performance and derive the required transmit power to secure a permissible BER. Then, this paper calculates the local peak SAR under the required transmit power when the implant transmitter moves through the digestive organs. Finally, our simulation results demonstrate that applying spatial diversity reception can significantly reduce SAR in implant BANs. key words: SAR, Implant BANs, WCE, Spatial diversity reception

Development of an Immunity Test System With a Pseudo Biosignal Generator for Wearable Devices and Application to the ESD Test of an Artificial Hand

Abstract: In this study, we developed an immunity test system for wearable devices used for healthcare or assistance to people with disabilities. The immunity test system consists of a pseudo biosignal generator for generating various vital signals such as electrocardiogram or electromyography and a bioequivalent gel phantom for simulating a part of the human body. As an application to the electrostatic discharge (ESD) immunity test for a myoelectric artificial hand, we used the pseudo biosignal generator to generate various myoelectric signals and confirmed a high correlation between the generated and the real myoelectric signals. We then applied this system to the IEC61000-4-2 specified ESD test. Through a comparison between the ESD test results by using the immunity test system and the result for a real human body, we found a high similarity between them, which suggests that the proposed immunity test system is feasible for various immunity tests in wearable devices.

Principles of Neural Science

Abstract: I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or

IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems Draft Amendment: Management Information Base Extensions

Abstract: This document provides updates to IEEE Std 802.16's MIB for the MAC, PHY and asso- ciated management procedures in order to accommodate recent extensions to the standard.

The Virtual Family—development of surface-based anatomical models of two adults and two children for dosimetric simulations

Abstract: The objective of this study was to develop anatomically correct whole body human models of an adult male (34 years old), an adult female (26 years old) and two children (an 11-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy) for the optimized evaluation of electromagnetic exposure. These four models are referred to as the Virtual Family. They are based on high resolution magnetic resonance (MR) images of healthy volunteers. More than 80 different tissue types were distinguished during the segmentation. To improve the accuracy and the effectiveness of the segmentation, a novel semi-automated tool was used to analyze and segment the data. All tissues and organs were reconstructed as three-dimensional (3D) unstructured triangulated surface objects, yielding high precision images of individual features of the body. This greatly enhances the meshing flexibility and the accuracy with respect to thin tissue layers and small organs in comparison with the traditional voxel-based representation of anatomical models. Conformal computational techniques were also applied. The techniques and tools developed in this study can be used to more effectively develop future models and further improve the accuracy of the models for various applications. For research purposes, the four models are provided for free to the scientific community.