TY - GEN
T1 - Portable system for measuring biomechanical properties
AU - Oka, Hisao
AU - Irie, Takashi
AU - Hao, Sun Yong
AU - Yamamoto, Tatsuma
PY - 1991/5
Y1 - 1991/5
N2 - A portable system has been developed for measuring biomechanical impedance on the skin surface. The measurement system comprises a measuring probe and a measuring device. The probe is of the pen-type. The device includes a random noise source, amplifiers, an A/D converter, a microcomputer, a liquid crystal display and a floppy disk unit. The biomechanical impedances on the skin surface are measured and the skin viscoelasticity are obtained. SI is proposed as the new index of skin stiffness. The coefficient of correlation between SI and palpation scores is 0.797.
AB - A portable system has been developed for measuring biomechanical impedance on the skin surface. The measurement system comprises a measuring probe and a measuring device. The probe is of the pen-type. The device includes a random noise source, amplifiers, an A/D converter, a microcomputer, a liquid crystal display and a floppy disk unit. The biomechanical impedances on the skin surface are measured and the skin viscoelasticity are obtained. SI is proposed as the new index of skin stiffness. The coefficient of correlation between SI and palpation scores is 0.797.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0026159158
SN - 0879425792
T3 - Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
SP - 556
EP - 561
BT - Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
A2 - Anon, null
PB - Publ by IEEE
T2 - 1991 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
Y2 - 14 May 1991 through 16 May 1991
ER -