Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 207-211 , April 2010

The use of bioimpedance in the detection/screening of tongue cancer

  • Tai-Ping Sun

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Congo Tak-Shing Ching

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, No. 1 University Rd., Puli, Nantou County 54561, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 492910960x4774; fax: +886 492912434.
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  • Chi-Sheng Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Su-Hua Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Juai Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chin-Sung Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Haur Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shiow-Yuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Photonics and Communication Engineering, Asia University, Taichung County, Taiwan
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  • Hsiu-Li Shieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Hao Liu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ming Liu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Yuan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan

,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2009.12.017

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 207-211 , April 2010

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