Dielectric properties of porcine cerebrospinal tissues at microwave frequencies: In vivo, in vitro and systematic variation with age

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2229-2245

  Peyman, A ^a   Holden, S J ^b   Watts, S ^b   Perrott, R ^b   Gabriel, C ^a  

^a MCL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; TISSUE;

MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; SPINAL CHORD; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; WHITE MATTER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; GRAY MATTER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROWAVES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; SWINE;

EID: 34147167002     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/8/013     Document Type: Article

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