Age dependence of dielectric properties of bovine brain and ocular tissues in the frequency range of 400 MHz to 18 GHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4711-4720

  Schmid, Gernot ^a   Überbacher, Richard ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER CONTROL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LENSES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS; VISION;

BOVINE BRAIN; COMPUTER-CONTROLLED VECTOR NETWORK ANALYSER; CORNEA; EYE TISSUES;

TISSUE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE; VITREOUS BODY; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CORNEA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 25444439855     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/19/019     Document Type: Article

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