Measuring depth depends on frequency in electrical skin impedance measurements

Background/aims: Multi‐frequency electrical measurements in vivo on stratum corneum are frequently reported in the literature. It is well known that the measured volume of skin is dependent on measuring frequency, and we wanted to investigate to what extent viable skin influences the measured impedance as a function of frequency.

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