The dielectric properties of the cranial skin of five young captive Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and a similar number of young domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) and sheep (Ovis aries) between 0.1 and 10 GHz

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 627-637

  Olawale, Kassim O ^a   Petrell, Royann J ^a   Michelson, David G ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Dielectric constant; Dielectric loss; In vivo; Multi layer skin properties; Permittivity; Skin thickness; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

CONDUCTIVITY; DIELECTRICS PROPERTY; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; IN-VIVO; MULTI-LAYER SKIN PROPERTY; MULTI-LAYERS; SKIN PROPERTIES; SKIN THICKNESS; STELLER SEA LION; WILD ANIMALS;

PERMITTIVITY;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVIS ARIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SHEEP; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWINE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS; OTARIIDAE; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 23744482524     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/005     Document Type: Article

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