An apparatus for identifying damaged tissue, said apparatus comprising one or more coaxial electrodes capable of interrogating tissue at and around an anatomical site, wherein each of said one or more coaxial electrodes is configured to generate a capacitance signal sequentially to avoid interference between the electrodes; wherein the one or more coaxial electrodes comprises a hexagon pad electrode surrounded by one or more hexagon pad electrodes spaced at approximately equidistance to avoid interference between the electrodes, and wherein each hexagon pad is configured to be electronically coupled to a floating ground, a capacitance input, or a capacitance excitation signal; a circuit electronically coupled to said one or more coaxial electrodes and configured to convert said capacitance signal generated sequentially by the one or more coaxial electrodes into a sub-epidermal moisture value; a processor electronically coupled to said circuit and configured to receive said SEM value; and a non-transitory computer readable medium electronically coupled to said processor and comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed on said processor, perform the steps of receiving from said processor one of said SEM values measured at said anatomical site and at least two of said SEM values measured around said anatomical site and their relative measurement locations, wherein each of the SEM values and their relative measurements are generated from the capacitance signal generated sequentially by each of the one or more coaxial electrodes; determining a maximum SEM value from said SEM values measured at and around said anatomical site; determining a difference between said maximum SEM value and each of said at least two SEM values measured at and around said anatomical site, wherein the maximum SEM value and each of the at least two SEM values used for determining the difference are generated from the capacitance signal generated sequentially by each of the one or more coaxial electrodes; and flagging said relative measurement locations associated with a difference greater than a predetermined threshold as damaged tissue, wherein each measurement of each relative measurement location associated with the difference is generated sequentially from the capacitance signal generated by the one or more coaxial electrodes. wherein the one or more coaxial electrodes comprises a hexagon pad electrode surrounded by one or more hexagon pad electrodes spaced at approximately equidistance to avoid interference between the electrodes, and wherein each hexagon pad is configured to be electronically coupled to a floating ground, a capacitance input, or a capacitance excitation signal; a circuit electronically coupled to said one or more coaxial electrodes and configured to convert said capacitance signal generated sequentially by the one or more coaxial electrodes into a sub-epidermal moisture value; a processor electronically coupled to said circuit and configured to receive said SEM value; and a non-transitory computer readable medium electronically coupled to said processor and comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed on said processor, perform the steps of receiving from said processor one of said SEM values measured at said anatomical site and at least two of said SEM values measured around said anatomical site and their relative measurement locations, wherein each of the SEM values and their relative measurements are generated from the capacitance signal generated sequentially by each of the one or more coaxial electrodes; determining a maximum SEM value from said SEM values measured at and around said anatomical site; determining a difference between said maximum SEM value and each of said at least two SEM values measured at and around said anatomical site, wherein the maximum SEM value and each of the at least two SEM values used for determining the difference are generated from the capacitance signal generated sequentially by each of the one or more coaxial electrodes; and flagging said relative measurement locations associated with a difference greater than a predetermined threshold as damaged tissue, wherein each measurement of each relative measurement location associated with the difference is generated sequentially from the capacitance signal generated by the one or more coaxial electrodes.