Title
Estimation of Subcutaneous Tissue State of Lymphedema Using Pressure Sensor
Abstract
Lymphedema patients requires long-term treatment. There is no simple way to measure the condition of lymphedema at home. The subcutaneous tissues of lymphedema patients tend to harden the tissue because the amount of water increases as lymph fluid accumulates. The hardness of the subcutaneous tissue includes the information of water content on the lymphedema area. In this study, we developed a device to estimate the water content on the lymphedema area. The measured device consists of an air pack and pressure sensors. When external pressure was applied by the air pack, the reaction force received by the pressure sensor from the area of lymphedema patient was measured. The regression equation was made to estimate the water content from the measured reaction force values. As the results, we could confirm the tight relationship between water content between pressure value.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/LifeTech.2019.8884045
2019 IEEE 1st Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Device measuring lymphedema part,FSR sensor
Biomedical engineering,Lymph fluid,Moisture,Reaction,Pressure measurement,Subcutaneous tissue,Lymphedema,Pressure sensor,Water content,Materials science
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-7281-0544-4
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daiki Kato100.34
Rie Tajika200.34
Kanna Mototani300.34
Masaaki Makikawa4128.69
Makoto Tsukuda500.34
Atsue Ishii600.68
Shima Okada744.97