Dielectric properties of human urine at microwave frequencies

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 500-503

  Lonappan, Anil ^a   Hamsakkutty, V ^a   Bindu, G ^a   Jacob, Joe ^a   Thomas, Vinu ^a   Mathew, K T ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Cavity perturbation; Dielectric properties; Quantitative analysis; Urine

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERMITTIVITY; TUMORS;

CAVITY PERTURBATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN URINE; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 4444356871     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.20349     Document Type: Article

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