Open AccessNovel method of detecting H1N1 using microwaves
Author(s) -
Anil Lonappan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of biomedical science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1937-688X
pISSN - 1937-6871
DOI - 10.4236/jbise.2012.58060
Subject(s) - microwave , virus , dielectric , mucus , materials science , respiratory system , medicine , virology , biology , optoelectronics , computer science , telecommunications , ecology
H1N1 virus is a subtype of influenza A virus and was the most common cause of human influenza flu in 2009. This paper presents a new method of detecting H1N1. The dielectric properties respiratory mucus is studied at microwave frequencies using rectangular cavity perturbation technique at the S-band with the different samples of respiratory mucus obtained from healthy donors as well as from patients suffering from H1N1. It is observed that an appreciably variation is found in the dielectric properties of patient samples as that of normal healthy samples and this measurements were in good agreement with the clinical analysis. This measurement technique is quick, simple and suggests a new novel method of diagnosing H1N1 using microwaves