Assessing skin hydration status in haemodialysis patients using terahertz spectroscopy: A pilot/feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7063-7071

  Kadlec, Filip ^a   Berta, Milan ^a   Kužel, Petr ^a   Lopot, František ^b   Polakovič, Vladimír ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; HYDRATION; REFLECTION; SKIN; WATER CONTENT;

BEFORE AND AFTER; DO-MAINS; HAEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN SKINS; IN-VIVO; MAIN PARAMETERS; SKIN HYDRATIONS; SKIN PROPERTIES; SURFACE BODIES; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPIES; THZ FREQUENCIES;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 58149242609     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/24/004     Document Type: Article

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