Detection method and apparatus for detecting microbial growth

A system and method is provided for non-invasively measuring changes in a specimen suspected of containing one or more microbes, by monitoring changes in the dielectric constant of the specimen caused by metabolic processes of such microbes.

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Hauptverfasser: NEUBERT JOHN W, BACHUR, JR. NICHOLAS R
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method is provided for non-invasively measuring changes in a specimen suspected of containing one or more microbes, by monitoring changes in the dielectric constant of the specimen caused by metabolic processes of such microbes.