Dielectric properties of developing rabbit brain at 37 degrees C |
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Authors: | M Thurai M C Steel R J Sheppard E H Grant |
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Abstract: | The dielectric properties of developing rabbit brain were measured at 37 degrees C between 10 MHz and 18 GHz using time domain and frequency domain systems. The results show a variation with age of the dielectric properties of brain. An analysis of the data suggests that the water dispersion in the brain of newly born animals can be represented by a Debye equation. This dispersion increases in complexity with age, and there is evidence of a smaller additional relaxation process centered around 1 GHz. It is concluded that the principal contribution to this subsidiary dispersion region arises from water of hydration. |
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Keywords: | dielectric properties frequency domain time domain water of hydration |
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