Feasibility Experiments to Detect Skin Hydration Using a Bio-Impedance Sensor

Ali Imam Sunny; Mohammed Rahman; Maria Koutsoupidou; Helena Cano-Garcia; Maya Thanou; Waqas Rafique; Oliver Lipscombe; Panagiotis Kassanos; Iasonas Triantis; Efthymios Kallos; Panagiotis Kosmas

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857470

Feasibility Experiments to Detect Skin Hydration Using a Bio-Impedance Sensor

Ali Imam Sunny, Mohammed Rahman, Maria Koutsoupidou, Helena Cano-Garcia, Maya Thanou, Waqas Rafique, Oliver Lipscombe, Panagiotis Kassanos, Iasonas Triantis, Efthymios Kallos, Panagiotis Kosmas

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Abstract

We present proof of concept experiment of a sensing method to detect skin hydration using a low-cost bio-impedance sensor. The sensing system is validated by testing its current output over frequencies between 1 kHz and 50 kHz and comparing measured values of impedance. A series of experiments with salt-water mixtures as well as a gelatin-based phantom were carried out to test the sensor's ability to detect small changes in impedance due to changes in water content. We also compared impedance measurements from the phantom to human skin to confirm that the manufactured phantoms can mimic skin properties successfully. Our experimental results show that the sensor can detect small changes in salt concentration and can capture the correlation between the impedance and skin hydration in a reliable manner.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	6032-6035
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538613115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857470
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2019
Event	41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019 - Berlin, Germany Duration: 23 Jul 2019 → 27 Jul 2019

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Conference	41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	23/07/2019 → 27/07/2019

Keywords

Bio-impedance sensor
dehydration
skin phantom

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Sunny, A. I., Rahman, M., Koutsoupidou, M., Cano-Garcia, H., Thanou, M., Rafique, W., Lipscombe, O., Kassanos, P., Triantis, I., Kallos, E., & Kosmas, P. (2019). Feasibility Experiments to Detect Skin Hydration Using a Bio-Impedance Sensor. In 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019 (pp. 6032-6035). Article 8857470 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2019.8857470

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