title: Comparison of the dielectric properties of normal and wounded human skin material.
abstract: Measurements have been made of the permittivity and conductivity of normal and wounded human skin material over the frequency range 10 MHz-10 GHz. The permittivity of the wounded tissue was found to be about 12% higher than that of the normal tissue. A similar percentage increase was observed for the conductivity. These differences are attributed to the presence of a higher proportion of bulk water in the wounded material.
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries* / Q000503:physiopathology