Next-Generation Healthcare: Enabling Technologies for Emerging Bioelectromagnetics Applications
Asimina Kiourti, Amin Abbosh, Μαρία Αθανασίου, Toni Björninen, Aline Eid, Cynthia Furse, Koichi Ito, Gianluca Lazzi, Mohamed Manoufali, Matteo Pastorino, Manos M. Tentzeris, Katrina Tisdale, Erdem Topsakal, Leena Ukkonen, William G. Whittow, Huanan Zhang, Konstantina S. Nikita
Abstract
Rapid advances in antennas, propagation, electromagnetics, and materials are opening new and unexplored opportunities in body area sensing and stimulation. Next-generation wearables and implants are seamlessly providing round-the-clock monitoring. In turn, numerous applications are brought forward with the potential to ultimately transform healthcare, sports, consumer electronics, and beyond. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview, discusses challenges and opportunities, and indicates future directions for: (a) enabling technologies needed to make body area sensing and stimulation a reality, and (b) emerging bioelectromagnetics applications that may readily benefit from such technologies.