Title :
Skin temperature and impedance measurement in ultrasound wound treatment
Author :
Shi, Wen Yao ; Schafer, Mark ; Dubin, Stephen ; Connor, Michael O. ; Ozturk, Cenaizhan ; Chou, Min Chih
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. & Sci. Inst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
Therapeutic ultrasound has been widely used to treat various diseases including chronic wounds. However, the mechanisms of the ultrasound effects in wound healing and the best regimen of treatment is still unclear. In this study, the authors used skin electrical impedance measurement during ultrasound treatment and detected a fall in local skin impedance under ultrasound while simultaneous temperature measurement did not show any rise. This result supports the non-thermal effects of the ultrasound and indicates that ultrasound may cause changes in permeability, intracellular electrolytes etc
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomedical measurement; biomedical ultrasonics; electric impedance measurement; hyperthermia; radiation therapy; skin; temperature measurement; chronic wounds; diseases treatment; intracellular electrolytes; local skin impedance; nonthermal effects; permeability changes; skin electrical impedance measurement; therapeutic ultrasound; ultrasound treatment; Animals; Electrodes; Frequency; Impedance measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Skin; Temperature measurement; Ultrasonic imaging; Wounds;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1996., Proceedings of the 1996 Fifteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3131-1
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1996.493222
