| dc.contributor.author |
Mathew, K T |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Anil, Lonappan |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Vinu, Thomas |
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| dc.contributor.author |
Bindu, G |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Joe, Jacob |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Rajasekaran, C |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2010-12-17T08:37:37Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2010-12-17T08:37:37Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2008 |
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| dc.identifier.other |
Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 557–561, 2008 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/xmlui/purl/2052 |
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| dc.description.abstract |
HIV/AIDS is one of the most destructive epidemics in
ever recorded history claims an estimated 2.4 –3.3 million lives every
year. Even though there is no treatment for this pandemic Elisa and
Western Blot tests are the only tests currently available for detecting
HIV/AIDS. This article proposes a new method of detecting HIV/AIDS
based on the measurement of the dielectric properties of blood at the
microwave frequencies. The measurements were made at the S-band of
microwave frequency using rectangular cavity perturbation technique
with the samples of blood from healthy donors as well as from HIV/AIDS patients. An appreciable change is observed in the dielectric properties
of patient samples than with the normal healthy samples and these
measurements were in good agreement with clinical results. This measurement
is an alternative in vitro method of diagnosing HIV/AIDS using microwaves. |
en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship |
Cochin University of Science and
Technology & Medical College, Trivandrum |
en_US |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
| dc.publisher |
Wiley InterScience |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
HIV/AIDS |
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| dc.subject |
Blood |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Cavity perturbation |
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| dc.subject |
Dielectric properties |
en_US |
| dc.title |
A NOVEL METHOD OF DETECTING HIV/AIDS USING MICROWAVES |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Working Paper |
en_US |
| dc.contributor.faculty |
Technology |
en_US |
| dc.identifier.url |
DOI 10.1002/mop.23143 |
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