Title :
Blood glucose monitoring using microwave cavity perturbation
Author :
Dobson, R. ; Wu, R. ; Callaghan, Peter
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of Greenwich, Chatham, UK
Abstract :
An outline is presented of the design and preliminary tests of a method for tracking blood glucose levels using dielectric spectroscopy. The system designed uses a microwave cavity to measure the concentration of aqueous solutions of glucose, as a change in complex permittivity. The results of this research are very promising, finding frequency regions where only a single frequency needs to be applied to measure a change, allowing easy implementation of a practical system.
Keywords :
biochemistry; biomedical measurement; blood; chemical variables measurement; patient monitoring; permittivity; sugar; aqueous solutions; blood glucose levels; blood glucose monitoring; complex permittivity; concentration measurement; dielectric spectroscopy; microwave cavity perturbation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2012.1811