Modeling of the dielectric properties of trabecular bone samples at microwave frequency. Irastorza, R. M., Blangino, E., Carlevaro, C. M., & Vericat, F. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 52(5):439–447, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, May, 2014.
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In this paper, the dielectric properties of human trabecular bone are evaluated under physiological condition in the microwave range. Assuming a two components medium, simulation and experimental data are presented and discussed. A special experimental setup is developed in order to deal with inhomogeneous samples. Simulation data are obtained using finite difference time domain from a realistic sample. The bone mineral density of the samples are also measured. The simulation and experimental results of the present study suggest that there is a negative relation between bone volume fraction (BV/TV) and permittivity/conductivity: the higher the BV/TV, the lower the permittivity/conductivity. This is in agreement with the recently published in vivo data.
@article{irastorza2014,
	abstract = "In this paper, the dielectric properties of human trabecular bone are evaluated under physiological condition in the microwave range. Assuming a two components medium, simulation and experimental data are presented and discussed. A special experimental setup is developed in order to deal with inhomogeneous samples. Simulation data are obtained using finite difference time domain from a realistic sample. The bone mineral density of the samples are also measured. The simulation and experimental results of the present study suggest that there is a negative relation between bone volume fraction (BV/TV) and permittivity/conductivity: the higher the BV/TV, the lower the permittivity/conductivity. This is in agreement with the recently published in vivo data.",
	author = "Ramiro M. Irastorza and Eugenia Blangino and Carlos M. Carlevaro and Fernando Vericat",
	doi = "10.1007/s11517-014-1145-y",
	issn = "0140-0118",
	journal = "Medical \& Biological Engineering \& Computing",
	keywords = "Bone dielectric properties; Microwave tomography; Finite difference time domain",
	language = "English",
	month = may,
	number = "5",
	pages = "439--447",
	publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
	title = "{Modeling of the dielectric properties of trabecular bone samples at microwave frequency}",
	url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11517-014-1145-y",
	volume = "52",
	year = "2014"
}

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