Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 693-699 , July 2008

Surface fluids effects on the bladder tissue characterisation using electrical impedance spectroscopy

  • Ahmad Keshtkar

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Medical School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 411 3364660.
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  • Asghar Mesbahi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Medical School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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  • Parinaz Mehnati

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Medical School, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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  • Asghar Keshtkar

      Affiliations

    • Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

Received 24 February 2007 ,Revised 5 July 2007 ,Accepted 17 July 2007.

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PII: S1350-4533(07)00146-4

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.07.008

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 693-699 , July 2008

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