Suitability of single tissue dielectric constant measurements to assess local tissue water in normal and lymphedematous skin

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Mayrovitz, Harvey N ^a   Davey, Suzanne ^a   Shapiro, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arm lymphedema; Dielectric constant; Lymphedema measurement; Oedema measurement; Skin water lymphedema treatment; Tissue water

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE WATER;

AGED; ARM; BODY WATER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDEMA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN;

EID: 60149089420     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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