Impedance sensing device enables early detection of pressure ulcers in vivo

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Swisher, Sarah L ^a   Lin, Monica C ^b   Liao, Amy ^b   Leeflang, Elisabeth J ^c   Khan, Yasser ^a   Pavinatto, Felippe J ^a,d   Mann, Kaylee ^a   Naujokas, Agne ^c   Young, David ^c   Roy, Shuvo ^c   Harrison, Michael R ^c   Arias, Ana Claudia ^a   Subramanian, Vivek ^a   Maharbiz, Michel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODE ARRAY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RAT; SKIN ELECTRODE; TISSUE INJURY; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; NAPHTHALENES; POLYETHYLENE; PRESSURE; PRESSURE ULCER; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84925003050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7575     Document Type: Article

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