Rapid non-contact relative permittivity measurement of fruits and vegetables using magnetic induction spectroscopy

Author

O´Toole, M.D. ; Marsh, L.A. ; Davidson, J.L. ; Tan, Y.M. ; Armitage, D.W. ; Peyton, A.J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK

fYear

2015

fDate

13-15 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The characteristic bio-impedance spectra of a biological sample can provide important information about its cellular structure, and further, infer useful information about the physical and chemical condition of the sample. In this paper, we present the background detail of a magnetic induction spectroscopy system for non-contact bio-impedance measurements, and some results using this system to obtain the relative permittivity spectra of a range of fruit and vegetable samples, over a frequency range from 160 kHz to 2.5 MHz. Relative permittivity is found to decrease with respect to frequency for each sample tested. This shows clear evidence of dispersion occurring within the samples across the investigated bandwidth.

Keywords

biological techniques; biological tissues; cellular biophysics; electric impedance measurement; electromagnetic induction; food products; permittivity measurement; bioimpedance spectra; biological sample; cellular structure; chemical condition; frequency 160 kHz to 2.5 MHz; fruits; magnetic induction spectroscopy; noncontact bioimpedance measurement; physical condition; rapid noncontact relative permittivity measurement; vegetable; Apertures; Conductivity; Dispersion; Frequency measurement; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Zadar

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2015.7133624

Filename

7133624