Research Article

Microwave Imaging of Human Forearms: Pilot Study and Image Enhancement

Table 3

Measured results from MRI images and estimates of lowest/highest relative permittivities from MWI in the muscle region at 1 GHz.

MRI MWI
Max. adipose Arm width Ratio Min/Max of Min/Max of
Thickness (mm) (mm)

Volunteer 1 3.9 64.6 16.6 56/68 22/24
Volunteer 2 8.7 53.8 6.2 31/68 22/28
Volunteer 3 7.1 60.9 8.5 33/70 18/28
Volunteer 4 7.0 63.0 9.0 34/60 20/26
Volunteer 5 4.3 53.1 12.3 29/66 23/28