A new application of electrical impedance spectroscopy for measuring glucose metabolism: a phantom study

Sreeram Dhurjaty; Yuchen Qiu; Maxine Tan; Hong Liu; Bin Zheng

doi:10.1117/12.2081599

19 March 2015 A new application of electrical impedance spectroscopy for measuring glucose metabolism: a phantom study

Sreeram Dhurjaty, Yuchen Qiu, Maxine Tan, Hong Liu, Bin Zheng

Proceedings Volume 9417, Medical Imaging 2015: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 94172K (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081599
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2015, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Glucose metabolism relates to biochemical processes in living organisms and plays an important role in diabetes and cancer-metastasis. Although many methods are available for measuring glucose metabolism-activities, from simple blood tests to positron emission tomography, currently there is no robust and affordable device that enables monitoring of glucose levels in real-time. In this study we tested feasibility of applying a unique resonance-frequency based electronic impedance spectroscopy (REIS) device that has been, recently developed to measure and monitor glucose metabolism levels using a phantom study. In this new testing model, a multi-frequency electrical signal sequence is applied and scanned through the subject. When the positive reactance of an inductor inside the device cancels out the negative reactance of the capacitance of the subject, the electrical impedance reaches a minimum value and this frequency is defined as the resonance frequency. The REIS system has a 24-bit analog-to-digital signal convertor and a frequency-resolution of 100Hz. In the experiment, two probes are placed inside a 100cc container initially filled with distilled water. As we gradually added liquid-glucose in increments of 1cc (250mg), we measured resonance frequencies and minimum electrical signal values (where A/D was normalized to a full scale of 1V). The results showed that resonance frequencies monotonously decreased from 243kHz to 178kHz, while the minimum voltages increased from 405mV to 793mV as the added amount of glucose increased from 0 to 5cc. The study demonstrated the feasibility of applying this new REIS technology to measure and/or monitor glucose levels in real-time in future.

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Sreeram Dhurjaty, Yuchen Qiu, Maxine Tan, Hong Liu, and Bin Zheng "A new application of electrical impedance spectroscopy for measuring glucose metabolism: a phantom study", Proc. SPIE 9417, Medical Imaging 2015: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 94172K (19 March 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2081599

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