• DocumentCode
    2945958
  • Title

    Position-dependent characterization of bone tissue with electrical impedance spectroscopy

  • Author

    Schaur, S. ; Jakoby, Bernhard ; Kronreif, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microelectron. & Microsensors, Johannes Kepler Univ., Linz, Austria
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    28-31 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    In the present contribution femur (leg bone) tissue excised from calves was investigated in vitro by electrical impedance spectroscopy in a frequency range of 40Hz-40MHz. Three different equivalent electrical circuits were tested for suitable representation of the measured data, where the fitting was performed by a complex nonlinear least-square algorithm. Finally, a depth profile of a bone sample is discussed.
  • Keywords
    bioelectric phenomena; bone; electric impedance measurement; equivalent circuits; least squares approximations; bone tissue; electrical impedance spectroscopy; equivalent electrical circuits; femur tissue; frequency 40 Hz to 40 MHz; leg bone; nonlinear least square algorithm; position dependent characterization; Biological tissues; Bones; Electrodes; Equivalent circuits; Impedance; Impedance measurement; Integrated circuit modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1766-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-0395
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411170
  • Filename
    6411170