Non-invasive bioimpedance of intact skin: Mathematical modeling and experiments

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Birgersson, Ulrik ^a   Birgersson, Erik ^b   Åberg, Peter ^a   Nicander, Ingrid ^a   Ollmar, Stig ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dermis; Electrical impedance; Epidermis; Finite element analysis; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; SKIN;

BIO-IMPEDANCE; DERMIS; ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; EPIDERMIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSE; FUNCTIONAL INTEGRITIES; MODELLING AND EXPERIMENTS; SKIN LAYER; STRATUM CORNEUM; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79551475683     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/32/1/001     Document Type: Article

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