DocumentCode
1919374
Title
Non-invasive measurement of blood sugar level by millimeter waves
Author
Nikawa, Y. ; Someya, D.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kokushikan Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
20-24 May 2001
Firstpage
171
Abstract
Measurement of blood sugar level by noninvasive method is highly desirable. Nevertheless, a practical non-invasive technique has not been reported. In this paper, to measure blood sugar level using millimeter wave noninvasively, complex permittivity of glucose and sodium chloride solution is measured and the change of transmission coefficient in millimeter wave region is obtained. An applicator system to measure blood sugar level in vivo is designed and optimized by simulation using transmission line modeling (TLM) method.
Keywords
biomedical measurement; blood; millimetre wave measurement; permittivity; applicator system; blood sugar level; complex permittivity; millimeter wave applications; noninvasive measurement; transmission coefficient; transmission line modeling; Blood; Diabetes; Frequency; Humans; In vivo; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Permittivity measurement; Sugar; Transmission line measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2001 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6538-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2001.966865
Filename
966865
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