Measurement Frequency Evaluation for Bioimpedance-Based Blood-Glucose Estimation
Reo Takamatsu, Kenichi Higuchi, Dairoku Muramatsu
Abstract
Daily and continuous measurement of glycemia is vital for managing diabetes. To improve a patient's quality of life, we propose non-invasive glycemia monitoring based on bioimpedance. This study aims to investigate the optimal frequency band for bioimpedance-measurement to estimate the blood-glucose level. We clarify the frequency characteristics of the correlation coefficient between blood-glucose level and bioimpedance from the subject experiment. It is found that the frequency band below 40 kHz is a candidate for stable estimation.
Topics & Concepts
Frequency bandBlood glucose monitoringCorrelation coefficientComputer scienceMedicineBiomedical engineeringDiabetes mellitusMathematicsStatisticsTelecommunicationsEndocrinologyBandwidth (computing)Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchECG Monitoring and Analysis