Human Brain Phantom Modeling : Concentration and Temperature Effects on Relative Permittivity

• Main Authors: Chew, Kim Mey, Rubita, Sudirman, Norhudah, Seman, Yong, Ching Yee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications Ltd. 2013
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45883/2/Human%20brain.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45883/; https://www.scientific.net/AMR.646.191; https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.646.191

This paper discusses on selecting the most appropriate material for developing human-like brain phantom. It aims to investigate the effect of concentration and temperature to relative permittivity of a sample. This phantom was developed as a human-like brain for tumour detection using microwave signal. Result shows that plant gelatine is a stable and appropriate material for building phantom than agar-agar. A few models were developed based on the proposed ratio of mixture.