@inproceedings{3b0b69b5c9064dfa9f243eb62ddcae19,
title = "Detecting electroporation by assessing the time constants in the exponential response to human skin to voltage controlled impulse electrical stimulation",
abstract = "![CDATA[We propose a new method for extracting the electrical properties of human skin based on the time constant analysis of its exponential response to impulse stimulation. As a result of this analysis an adjacent finding has arisen. We have found that stratum corneum electroporation can be detected using this analysis method. We have observed that a one time-constant model is appropriate for describing the electrical properties of human skin at low amplitude applied voltages (<30V), and a two time-constant model best describes skin electrical properties at higher amplitude applied voltages (>30V). Higher voltage amplitudes (>30V) have been proven to create pores in the skin's stratum corneum which offer a new, lower resistance, pathway for the passage of current through the skin. Our data shows that when pores are formed in the stratum corneum they can be detected, in-vivo, due to the fact that a second time constant describes current flow through them.]]",
author = "B{\^i}rlea, {S{\^i}nziana I.} and Corley, {Gavin J.} and B{\^i}rlea, {Nicolae M.} and Breen, {Paul P.} and Fabio Quondamatteo and Gear{\'o}id {\'O}Laighin",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781424432967",
publisher = "I.E.E.E.",
pages = "1355--1358",
booktitle = "EMBC 2009: Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine: 2-6 September, 2009, Hilton Minneapolis, Minnesota",
note = "IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference ; Conference date: 30-04-2015",
}