Title :
A New Trunk Subdivision Model in BIA - The system design and preliminary experiment
Author :
Deng, Juan ; Ren, Chaoshi ; Zhao, Shu ; Wang, Yan ; Sha, Hong
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Chinese Acad. of Med. Sci., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
Taking account of the deficiency in whole body measurement and in the traditional segment measurement methods, a new trunk subdivision model is established and preliminary experiment is carried out. The trunk subdivision model avoids the undesirable effects from chest and abdomen on fat measurement. A measuring system based on the model is developed. The results of the fat distribution and content measurement experiments using trunk subdivision BIA is compared with the result of MSCT. The comparison result of two methods shows excellent correlation. The novel method is a good remedy to whole body measurement and the traditional segment method. It is an effective improvement in BIA.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomedical measurement; electric impedance; physiological models; BIA; MSCT; bioelectrical impedance analysis; content measurement; fat distribution; segment measurement methods; trunk subdivision model; whole body measurement; Abdomen; Arm; Bioelectric phenomena; Biological system modeling; Biomedical measurements; Electric variables measurement; Humans; Impedance measurement; Leg; Surface impedance;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2901-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2902-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5162204
