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Influence of probe pressure when using MM‐wave open‐ended probe for diagnosis of the human skin
Author(s) -
Smulders P.F.M.,
Janssen N.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.27074
Subject(s) - reflectometry , reflection coefficient , human skin , microwave , reflection (computer programming) , extremely high frequency , pressure wave , materials science , optics , acoustics , biomedical engineering , engineering , physics , telecommunications , computer science , time domain , biology , computer vision , genetics , programming language
Millimeter‐wave (mm‐wave) reflectometry is a potentially interesting technique to analyze the human skin. We examined the possible influence of the probe pressure on the reflection coefficient obtained with a mm‐wave empty open‐ended wave‐guide probe when used for diagnosis of human skin. It is demonstrated that this influence can be considerable.© 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:2341–2342, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27074