Development of electromagnetic phantom at low-frequency band

Author

Yamamoto, Takayuki ; Sano, Ko ; Koshiji, Kohji ; Chen, Xia ; Yang, Songping ; Abe, Makoto ; Fukuda, Akira

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Chiba, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

1887

Lastpage

1890

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a human electrical phantom at a low-frequency band. The conventional highly hydrous electromagnetic phantom does not mimic the electrical properties of a living body. The electrical properties of the newly developed phantom, by adding a carbon microcoil (CMC) and NaCl to the conventional phantom, are in good agreement with those of a living body. In addition, the electrical properties of the phantom with a CMC and twice the amount of NaCl added are evaluated at frequency bands above 300 MHz, similar to the conventional highly hydrous gel phantom. The results show that the newly developed phantom can effectively function in the conventional target frequency band by a simple mechanism.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; carbon; gels; phantoms; carbon microcoil; conventional high hydrous gel phantom; conventional target frequency band; electrical properties; electromagnetic phantom development; high hydrous electromagnetic phantom; human electrical phantom; low-frequency band; Carbon; Conductivity; Frequency measurement; Materials; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Phantoms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609893

Filename

6609893