Wounds as probes of electrical properties of skin

Wahlsten, O.; Apell, P.

doi:10.5617/jeb.130

Abstract

We have built a model where we use a wound as a probe of the dielectric properties of skin. In this way one is able to infer information about skin dielectric properties in situ. We introduce the notion of a skin electrochemical capacitor. This gives good agreement with recent measurements for the electric potential landscape around a wound. Possible diagnostic consequences are briefly touched upon.

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