Basic principles and use in medicine of impedance spectroscopy
Keywords:
electrical impedance spectroscopy, extracellular space, intracellular space, diagnosis, tissue.Abstract
Introduction: The impedance of biological tissues or bioimpedance is the relationship between the potential difference of 2 points in the tissue being evaluated and the current flow between them. This measurement depends on resistive (resistance to ionic flow), capacitive and inductive (membrane permittivity) components. Tissues do not have a purely resistive behavior, so their impedance depends on the frequency and its characterization therefore requires the use of currents at different frequencies. This form of measurement is called electrical impedance spectroscopy. A literature review in the last five years was carried out. Google Scholar, PubMed, Medline, Scielo, LILACS, EBSCO and Excerpta Medica databases were used.
Objective: To describe the basic principles of impedance spectroscopy and to deepen its medical applications.
Development: Applications of impedance spectroscopy for diagnosis were found in: 1) Oncology, 2) Digestive tract, 3) Lung pathologies, 4) Neurological pathologies; as well as the study of: 1) Body composition corporal, among others. On the diagnostic application, in the literature consulted, obtained results corroborate the usefulness of the impedance spectroscopy as a diagnostic method.
Conclusions: By means of impedance spectroscopy it is possible to know the electrical response of biological tissues in a wide range of frequencies. This allows the characterization of biological tissues; as well as the evaluation of their transformation from healthy to pathological.
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