Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1084-1088 , December 2007

Human hydration level monitoring using embedded piezoresistive microcantilever sensors

  • R. Stewart

      Affiliations

    • Cantimer, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • J. Reed

      Affiliations

    • Cantimer, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • J. Zhong

      Affiliations

    • Cantimer, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • K. Morton

      Affiliations

    • Cantimer, Inc., Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • T.L. Porter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 928 523 2540.

Received 14 June 2006 ,Revised 13 November 2006 ,Accepted 15 November 2006.

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PII: S1350-4533(06)00235-9

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.11.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 1084-1088 , December 2007

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