TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND RADIO ENGINEERING - 2011 Vol. 70,
No 6 		 

 

 

 

MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS BY MICROWAVE WAVEGUIDE SINGLE-FREQUENCY DIELECTROMETRY



K.A. Arkhypova
A. Usikov Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Academician Proskura St., Kharkiv 61085, Ukraine
E-mail: arkhykate@gmail.com

Abstract
Waveguide single-frequency method has been used to measure the complex permittivity of human red blood cells in the high-frequency domain (?-dispersion). The relationship between the dielectric and physiological characteristics of human blood is described. It was experimentally detected that changes in complex permittivity of blood caused by the action of endogenous epinephrine in vitro can serve as criterion for assessing the functional state of the human body in health and disease. It opens an opportunity of using this method in the biomedical field for diagnostic purposes.

KEY WORDS: microwave, waveguide, complex permittivity, human red blood cells, adrenergic activity

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