Analysis of human skin tissue by millimeter-wave reflectometry

• Published in: Skin research and technology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. e209 - e216
• Main Author: Smulders, P.F.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Air; Bandages; Body Water - metabolism; Electromagnetic Radiation; Equipment Design; Humans; millimeter-wave reflectometry; Models, Biological; open-ended wave-guide probe; Pressure; Radiometry - instrumentation; Radiometry - methods; Scattering, Radiation; Skin - injuries; Skin - metabolism; tissue differentiation; water content; Wound Healing; Wounds and Injuries - metabolism; Wounds and Injuries - pathology

Background/purpose Millimeter‐wave reflectometry is a potentially interesting technique to analyze the human skin in vivo in order to determine the water content locally in the skin. Purpose of this work is to investigate the possibility of skin‐tissue differentiation. In addition, it addresses the...