Title : 
Complex rational function for frequency dependent complex permittivity of biological tissues
         
        
            Author : 
Sang-Gyu Ha ; Sungmin Park ; Eunki Kim ; Kyung-Young Jung ; Yong Bae Park
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this work, we accurately characterize frequency dependent complex permittivity of biological tissues in the frequency range from 100 kHz to 10 GHz. Toward this purpose, a fourth-order complex rational function (CRF) is employed for dispersive modeling of the relative permittivity of biological tissues. We also discuss how to improve the accuracy of their dispersion characteristics.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; permittivity; permittivity measurement; biological tissues; complex rational function; dispersion characteristics; dispersive modeling; fourth-order complex rational function; frequency 100 kHz to 10 GHz; frequency dependent complex permittivity; relative permittivity; Accuracy; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Dispersion; Finite difference methods; Permittivity; Time-domain analysis; Biological tissue; complex curve fitting; dispersion;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2013 Asia-Pacific
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seoul
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APMC.2013.6695153