Title :
The unexplored avenues of human skin; electromagnetic properties in the sub THz band
Author :
Ben Ishai, Paul ; Feldman, Yuri ; Puzenko, Alexander ; Caduff, Andreas ; Agranat, Aharon J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
The sub-coetaneous structures of human skin have been revealed to contain elements that demonstrate electromagnetic behavior in the sub-THz frequency range, reminiscent of low Q helical antennas. The structure in question is the coiled human sweat duct inside the epidermis. It was shown that the temporal behavior of the reflected spectral response mirrored physiological parameters such as blood pressure to a high degree of correlation. The current paper presents the experimental evidence of such and explores its parameters in terms of stress imposed on the subject.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; biomagnetism; skin; coiled human sweat duct; electromagnetic behavior; human skin sub-THz band electromagnetic properties; human skin subcutaneous structures; low Q helical antennas; Blood pressure; Ducts; Frequency measurement; Humans; Reflectivity; Skin; Temperature measurement; Electromagnetic Response; Epidermis; Human Skin; Reflection Coefficient; Stress; Sweat Ducts; sub-THz;
Conference_Titel :
Solid Dielectrics (ICSD), 2010 10th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Potsdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7945-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7943-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSD.2010.5568240