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BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 340-344Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20401
Keywords
murine skin permittivity; millimeter wave dosimetry; skin modeling
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- NCCIH NIH HHS [P01-AT002025] Funding Source: Medline
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Millimeter (mm) wave reflectivity was used to determine murine skin permittivity. Reflection was measured in anesthetized Swiss Websterand SKH1-hairless mice in the 37-74 GHz frequency range. Two skin models were tested. Model I was a single homogeneous skin layer. Model 2 included four skin layers: (1) the stratum corneum, (2) the viable epidermis plus dermis, (3) fat layer, and (4) muscle which had infinite thickness. We accepted that the permittivity of skin in the mm wave frequency range results from the permittivity of cutaneous free water which is described by the Debye equation. Using Fresnel equations for reflection we determined the skin parameters best fitting to the reflection data and derived the permittivity of skin layers. The permittivity data were further used to calculate the power density and specific absorption rate profiles, and the penetration depth of mm waves in the skin. In both murine models, mm waves penetrate deep enough into tissue to reach muscle. In human skin, mm waves are mostly absorbed within the skin. Therefore, when extrapolating the effects of mm waves found in animals to humans, it is important to take into account the possible involvement of muscle in animal effects.
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