Feasibility Study on a Microwave-Based Sensor for Measuring Hydration Level Using Human Skin Models

Rico Brendtke; Michael Wiehl; Florian Groeber; Thomas Schwarz; Heike Walles; Jan Hansmann

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153145

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Feasibility Study on a Microwave-Based Sensor for Measuring Hydration Level Using Human Skin Models

Rico Brendtke,

Affiliations Chair Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM), University Hospital Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany, senetics healthcare group GmbH & Co. KG, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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Michael Wiehl,

Affiliation senetics healthcare group GmbH & Co. KG, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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Florian Groeber,

Affiliation Translational Center in oncology Wuerzburg ´Regenerative therapies and musculoskeletal diseases` Wuerzburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Thomas Schwarz,

Affiliation Translational Center in oncology Wuerzburg ´Regenerative therapies and musculoskeletal diseases` Wuerzburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Heike Walles,

Affiliations Chair Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM), University Hospital Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany, Translational Center in oncology Wuerzburg ´Regenerative therapies and musculoskeletal diseases` Wuerzburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Jan Hansmann

* E-mail: Jan.Hansmann@uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliations Chair Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM), University Hospital Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany, Translational Center in oncology Wuerzburg ´Regenerative therapies and musculoskeletal diseases` Wuerzburg, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Roentgenring 11, 97070, Wuerzburg, Germany
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Feasibility Study on a Microwave-Based Sensor for Measuring Hydration Level Using Human Skin Models

Rico Brendtke,
Michael Wiehl,
Florian Groeber,
Thomas Schwarz,
Heike Walles,
Jan Hansmann

Published: April 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153145

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