RESEARCH ARTICLE
New Method for Separation of Electrode Polarization Impedance from Measured Tissue Impedance
Håvard Kalvøy 1, 2, *, Gorm K Johnsen 2, Ørjan G Martinsen 1, 2, Sverre Grimnes 1, 2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2011Volume: 5
First Page: 8
Last Page: 13
Publisher ID: TOBEJ-5-8
DOI: 10.2174/1874120701105010008
Article History:
Received Date: 6/8/2010Revision Received Date: 6/12/2010
Acceptance Date: 9/12/2010
Electronic publication date: 4/2/2011
Collection year: 2011
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Abstract
In this paper we have shown that electrode polarization impedance (EPI) can be separated from measured tissue impedance as long as the characteristic frequencies of EPI and tissue are not too close, so that the EPI is largely displayed as a separate dispersion. In 2-electrode measurements the EPI and sample are physically connected in series, and commonly modelled by equivalent components in series. We have calculated the parallel equivalent elements and converted the series connected EPI and sample to a parallel admittance model. By curve fitting on the converted model we have shown that this provides a new method for estimating the EPI with enhanced accuracy compared to similar techniques used on the impedance model.