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Feasibility ofin vivo temperature monitoring using a passive microwave transponder

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, 2001, Johannesburg, South Africa

    B. A. Austin, D. M. Glajchen & D. Hirson

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Austin, B.A., Glajchen, D.M. & Hirson, D. Feasibility ofin vivo temperature monitoring using a passive microwave transponder. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 22, 187–189 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02446825

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