Measurement inside of the human body using weak radio-frequencyelectric field

• Project/Area Number: 22500420
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
• Research Institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: HIEDA Ichiro 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, ヒューマンライフテクノロジー研究部門, 主任研究員 (10357832)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 生体情報 / 計測 / 高周波電界 / SDR / FDTD / 生体計測 / 水分分布 / 誘電率分布 / 位相測定 / 非侵襲計測

Research Abstract

Basic study of measurement of the living human body using weak electric field at radio frequency (RF) was performed that was simple, safe and cost-effective. A small water tank filled with water was measured and numerically simulated that imitated a tissu

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Electric Field Measurement for Biomedical Application -Characteristics of raw measurement data- (2012)
  • Author(s): Ichiro Hieda, Ki-Chang Nam
  • Journal Title: 2012 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Volume: Vol.2 Pages: 789-792
  • DOI: 10.1109/icbeb.2012.191
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Electric Field Measurement for Biomedical Application -Characteristics of raw measurement data- (2012)
  • Author(s): Ichiro Hieda, Ki-Chang Nam
  • Organizer: 2012 InternationalConference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Place of Presentation: Regency Hotel Macau(中国)
• [Presentation] Electric Field Measurement for Biomedical Application -Characteristics of raw measurement data- (2012)
  • Author(s): Ichiro Hieda, Ki-Chang Nam
  • Organizer: 2012 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Place of Presentation: Regency Hotel Macau（中国）
• [Presentation] Electric Field Measurement for Biomedical Application Using GNU Radio (2011)
  • Author(s): Ichiro Hieda, Ki-Chang Nam
  • Organizer: 5th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOMED)
  • Place of Presentation: Berjaya Times Square Hotel(マレーシア)
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-22
• [Presentation] Electric Field Measurement for Biomedical Application Using GNU Radio (2011)
  • Author(s): 稗田一郎、Nam, Ki-Chang
  • Organizer: 5th Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BIOMED 2011)
  • Place of Presentation: クアラルンプール(マレーシア)
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-22
• [Presentation] he Frequency Dependence of the Effect of the Human Body Conductivity in the Radio Imaging Method for Medical Application (2010)
  • Author(s): Ichiro Hieda, Ki-Chang Nam
  • Organizer: 6th World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore Suntec Convention Centre(シンガポール)
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-02
• [Presentation] The Frequency Dependence of the Effect of the Human Body Conductivity in the Radio Imaging Method for Medical Application (2010)
  • Author(s): 稗田一郎、Nam, Ki-Chang
  • Organizer: 6^<th> World Congress of Biomechanics
  • Place of Presentation: シンガポール
  • Year and Date: 2010-08-02