Characterization of the complex permittivity of brain tissues up to 50 GHz utilizing a two-port microstrip test fixture

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2217-2225

  Tofighi, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Daryoush, Afshin S ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological tissue; Complex permittivity measurement; Millimeter wave; Test fixture; TRL calibration

Indexed keywords

COLE-COLE RELATION; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; LINEAR LEAST SQUARE TECHNIQUE; TEST FIXTURE; THROUGH-REFLECT-LINE CALIBRATION;

BRAIN; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TISSUE;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0036773457     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.803432     Document Type: Article

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