Quasi- Open-Ended Coaxial Dielectric Probe Array for Skin Burn Characterization
Paper in proceeding, 2019

We have developed a planar probe for measuring dielectric properties. It exploits modern circuit board fabrication technologies that effectively construct a quasi-coaxial structure running perpendicular to the board. The feed line is a printed coplanar waveguide which comes in from the side on the top plane. The opening to the bottom behaves exactly like an open-ended coaxial probe. The initial results are comparable to the existing coaxial probes. The geometry of these probes allows them to be fabricated in an array utilizing standard, multi-layer circuit fabrication technology. These probe arrays may prove extremely useful in applications such as tumor margin detection for resected tissue, skin cancer screening and characterizing burns.

measurement

quasi-coaxial

dielectric

planar probe

Author

Paul M Meaney

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

Shireen D. Geimer

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Robin Augustine

Uppsala University

Keith D. Paulsen

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2019

8739906
978-88-907018-8-7 (ISBN)

13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2019
Krakow, Poland,

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Medical Laboratory and Measurements Technologies

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