title: Development of a dielectric equivalent gel for better impedance matching for human skin.
abstract: It would be useful to develop a tissue equivalent gel to improve the uniformity of the electromagnetic field in the human body, and for making a tissue equivalent dielectric human phantom. In this study, solid type, water based gelatin-honey gels were developed which have the electrical characteristics of skin tissue. It was demonstrated that a stable and homogeneous gel, with a relative dielectric constant epsilon ' chosen from desired ranges found in skin, can be made for 200-400 MHz.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Inage-Ku, Chiba-Shi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sunaga
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikehira
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshitome
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanada
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: Yasuhito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005782:Gels / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006722:Honey; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena
chemical_list: D005782:Gels