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Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis of Multi-frequency using Portable Small Impedance Measuring System

휴대용 소형임피던스 측정시스템을 이용한 다중주파수의 생체임피던스 해석

  • Kim, Min Soo (Dept. of Aviation Information and Communications, Kyungwoon University) ;
  • Cho, Young Chang (Dept. of Aviation Information and Communications, Kyungwoon University)
  • 김민수 (경운대학교 항공정보통신공학과) ;
  • 조영창 (경운대학교 항공정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2017.01.08
  • Accepted : 2017.02.20
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

In this study, we measured the bioelectrical impedance of whole body in various frequency bands by non-invasive method by four electrode method using a portable small impedance measurement system developed to understand the bioimpedance characteristics of intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid components through a skin equivalent model. The measurements were performed on 10 male subjects (mean age $24{\pm}3.0$, body mass index(BMI) $20.3kg/m^2$) for four weeks and the bioimpedances were measured at multi-frequencies (1 kHz, 5 kHz, 50 kHz, 70 kHz, 100 kHz and 500 kHz). Experimental results show that the impedance is the highest in the low frequency range of 1 kHz and the lowest in the high frequency range of 500 MHz. Especially, it was confirmed through experiments that the impedance is rapidly lowered above 50 kHz band. In addition, it was confirmed that similar characteristics to the measured values of the bioimpedance measuring system were obtained in the simulations for understanding the impedance characteristics of the intracellular fluid and the extracellular fluid through the skin equivalent circuit model.

본 연구에서는 피부 등가모델을 통한 세포 내액과 세포 외액 성분의 생체임피던스 특성을 파악하기 위해 개발한 휴대용 소형 임피던스 측정시스템을 이용하여 4 전극법에 의한 비 침습 방식으로 다양한 주파수 대역에서 전신의 생체전기 임피던스를 측정실험을 수행하였다. 측정은 10명의 남성 피 실험자(평균 나이 $24{\pm}3.0$세, (BMI) $20.3kg/m^2$)를 대상으로 4주간 실시하였으며, 생체임피던스 다중주파수(1 kHz, 5 kHz, 50 kHz, 70 kHz, 100 kHz, 500 kHz)대역에서 측정하였다. 실험결과, 저주파 대역인 1 kHz 대역에서 임피던스가 가장 높게 측정되었고, 고주파 대역인 500 MHz에서 임피던스가 가장 낮게 측정되었다. 특히 50 kHz 대역이상에서 임피던스가 급속히 낮아짐을 실험을 통해서 확인하였다. 또한, 피부 등가회로모델을 통한 세포 내액과 세포 외액의 임피던스 특성을 파악하는 모의실험에서도 본 연구의 생체임피던스 측정시스템의 측정값과 유사한 특성이 얻어짐을 확인할 수 있었다.

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