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Dielectrical properties of living epidermis and dermis in the frequency range from 1 kHz to 1 MHz Cover

Dielectrical properties of living epidermis and dermis in the frequency range from 1 kHz to 1 MHz

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance
Volume 10 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)
By: B. Tsai,  H. Xue,  E. Birgersson,  S. Ollmar and  U. Birgersson  
Open Access
|Jul 2019
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Fig.1

Schematic of (a) the four-electrode EIS probe with a sense (1), guard (2), second inject (3) and first inject (4); (b) the electrodes of the probe and the stripped skin comprising living epidermis and dermis; and (c) the reduced model consisting of dermis with the living epidermis and electrodes reduced to boundary conditions.

Fig. 2

The mean (depth 1 ●; depth 5 ■] and standard deviations (error bars) for the (a) magnitude and (b) phase of the experimentally measured impedances. The fitted mean resistivity and relative permittivity and their standard deviations can be found in (c) and (d) respectively for the living epidermis (♦) and dermis (▼); the fitted equations, Eqs. 7-8, are shown as lines. In (e) and (f), the validation set for depth setting 3 is shown for the experiments (●) and model predictions (lines).

Skin thickness (mean value ± standard deviation) at the volar forearm for epidermis, stratum corneum and dermis_ Some measurement techniques are: Confocal Microscopy (CM), Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), Optical coherence tomography (OCT), Transepidermal water loss (TEWL), Confocal Raman spectrometer (CRS) and Ultrasound (US)_

ED (μm)SubjAgeMeasurementSource
73.54±2.841023 - 47CM[12]
89±91519 - 24CLSM[13]
71.8±103021 - 35OCT[14]
102±7.4520 - 35OCT[15]
66.39±5.821920 - 29OCT[16]
65.1±8.9831 - 37OCT[17]

Dimensions and material parameters_

Current detection width, w11 mm
Ceramic width, w2, w4, w60.15, 0.15, 1.9 mm
Guard width, w30.3 mm
Secondary inject width, w50.5 mm
Primary inject width, w70.5 mm
Living epidermis thickness, hLE61 μm
Dermis thickness, hDE1.0 mm
Inject voltage, V00.05 V
Depth setting, α0.1, 0.58, 1
Electrical permittivity in vacuum,8.85 x10-12 Fm-1
ɛ0 [28]

Coefficients for the conductivity and relative permittivity of the skin layers for 1 kHz to 1 MHz_

jcjLE$\text{c}_{j}^{LE}$djLE$\text{d}_{j}^{LE}$
01.6306×10-2-2.3922×10-2
1-3.3591×10-15.5919×10-1
22.7019×100-5.2033×100
3-1.0667×1012.4090×101
42.0531×101-5.6056×101
5-1.3260×1015.7328×101
jcjDE$\text{c}_{j}^{DE}$djDE$\text{d}_{j}^{DE}$
0-1.0475×10-2-2.5399×10-1
12.2902×10-15.5554×100
2-1.9609×100-4.7903×101
38.2439×1002.0330×102
4-1.7209×101-4.2527×102
51.4687×1013.5741×102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joeb-2019-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1891-5469
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Language: English
Page range: 14 - 23
Submitted on: Nov 28, 2018
Published on: Jul 2, 2019
Published by: University of Oslo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Dermis,
epidermis,
electrical impedance spectroscopy,
in-vivo,
relative permittivity,
resistivity,
skin thickness
Related subjects:
Engineering,
Bioengineering and biomedical engineering,
Biomedical electronics,
Life sciences,
Biophysics,
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Spectroscopy and metrology

© 2019 B. Tsai, H. Xue, E. Birgersson, S. Ollmar, U. Birgersson, published by University of Oslo
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