TY - GEN
T1 - Terahertz signal propagation analysis inside the human skin
AU - Abdelaziz, Aya F.
AU - Abbasi, Qammer H.
AU - Yang, K.
AU - Qaraqe, Khalid
AU - Hao, Yang
AU - Alomainy, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/12/4
Y1 - 2015/12/4
N2 - The paper presents an initial study of analyzing the propagation of electromagnetic waves at terahertz frequencies inside the human skin tissues in the frequency range 0.8-1.2 THz. The skin model is represented by three layers: stratum corneum (SC), epidermis, and dermis, and the effect of the presence of sweat ducts is also studied. The path loss resulting from the signal propagation between a transmitting antenna, located at the epidermis layer, and a receiving antenna, located at the dermis layer, is analyzed for different distances and different frequencies, in addition to changing the number of sweat ducts. Results show that the path loss through the skin tissues depends on the distance between the transmitter and the receiver, the frequency used, and the number of sweat ducts as the path loss decreases by approximately 1 dB for increasing the number of sweat duct from one duct to two ducts. Moreover, the path loss is statistically studied and its distribution is approximately Gaussian.
AB - The paper presents an initial study of analyzing the propagation of electromagnetic waves at terahertz frequencies inside the human skin tissues in the frequency range 0.8-1.2 THz. The skin model is represented by three layers: stratum corneum (SC), epidermis, and dermis, and the effect of the presence of sweat ducts is also studied. The path loss resulting from the signal propagation between a transmitting antenna, located at the epidermis layer, and a receiving antenna, located at the dermis layer, is analyzed for different distances and different frequencies, in addition to changing the number of sweat ducts. Results show that the path loss through the skin tissues depends on the distance between the transmitter and the receiver, the frequency used, and the number of sweat ducts as the path loss decreases by approximately 1 dB for increasing the number of sweat duct from one duct to two ducts. Moreover, the path loss is statistically studied and its distribution is approximately Gaussian.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84964240079
U2 - 10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347935
DO - 10.1109/WiMOB.2015.7347935
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964240079
T3 - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
SP - 15
EP - 19
BT - 2015 IEEE 11th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2015
Y2 - 19 October 2015 through 21 October 2015
ER -