Comments on "Line patterns in the mosaic electric properties of human skin - a cross-correlation study"

Author

Lin, Yue-Der ; Chen, Bih-Cheng ; Hsu, Sheng-Feng ; Lin, Jaung-Geng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, China Med. Coll., Taichung, Taiwan

Volume

49

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

274

Abstract

The authors comment on the paper by O.G. Martinsen et al. (ibid., vol. 48, pp. 731-4, 2001) in which they designed a measurement system for skin admittance scans with a resolution of 1 mm in two dimensions, claimed to investigate whether the mapping of low-resistance points on the skin coincides with the so-called "meridian lines." From the results, the authors conclude no such line patterns were found. The apresent authors give their own perspectives about this study.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; electric admittance; skin; acupuncture; ancient Chinese medicine; cross-correlation study; human skin; line patterns; low-resistance points mapping; meridian lines; mosaic electric properties; skin admittance scans; Books; Epidermis; Fingers; Frequency measurement; Humans; Impedance measurement; Intestines; Lungs; Skin; Stomach; Acupuncture Therapy; Arm; Electric Conductivity; Electrodes; Electrophysiology; Humans; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Skin Physiology;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/10.983463

Filename

983463