Glucose sensing in saline solutions using V-band waveguides

Author

Garcia, Helena Cano ; Papadopoulos-Kelidis, Ioannis ; Sotiriou, Ioannis ; Palikaras, George ; Kallos, Efthymios ; Kosmas, Panagiotis ; Parini, Clive

Author_Institution

Med. Wireless Sensing Ltd. London, London, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

3-5 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

323

Abstract

We present results from an experimental system employed to study the impact of glucose content on measured transmission data. The measurements have been performed at frequencies between 50 GHz and 75 GHz using V-Band waveguides, and the measured samples consisted of saline solutions with glucose concentrations down to 0.025 wt%. The performed transmission measurements show that it is possible to establish an approximately linear relationship between the transmission coefficient and the glucose content in the samples. This linear dependence is also verified via simulations. The results are of interest for developing a miniaturized mobile glucose sensing system.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; chemical sensors; chemical variables measurement; sugar; waveguides; V-band waveguides; glucose content; miniaturized mobile glucose sensing system; saline solutions; transmission coefficient; transmission measurements; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency measurement; Microwave measurement; Microwave theory and techniques; Reflection; Sensors; Sugar; V-band; glucose sensing; non-invasive; transmission; waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015975

Filename

7015975