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| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9781479901623 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2014 |
| Event | 13th IEEE SENSORS Conference - Valencia Conference Centre, Valencia, Spain Duration: 2 Nov 2014 → 5 Nov 2014 Conference number: 13 http://archive.ieee-sensors.org/conference-websites-archive/sensors2014/ |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of IEEE Sensors |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1930-0395 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 2168-9229 |
Abstract
In an autopsy the quantification of edema in brain tissue can help to verify the cause of death, especially when there is no visible evidence, as for the sudden infant death syndrome and shaken impact syndrome. However, until now there is no standardized procedure in forensic medicine for the determination of the humidity content in parenchymatous organs. Thus, the aim of our work is to develop a low-cost measuring system for fast and simple quantification of the humidity content in human brain tissue. Therefore, the quantitative dependency of the relative permittivity from the humidity content is utilized. Here we show measurements of the tissue permittivity using a new coplanar probe designed for fast scanning of different brain regions. The results are compared with permittivity measurements from a coaxial measuring chamber presented at IEEE Sensors 2013, measurements with an open-ended coaxial probe and reference measurements from a commercially available moisture analyzer.
Keywords
- Aquametry, Coplanar strip line, Material characterization, Permittivity measurement, Permittivity of brain tissue
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Sustainable Development Goals
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 3 p. (Proceedings of IEEE Sensors).
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AU - Zimmermann, S.
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