Antennas and other electromagnetic applicators in biology and medicine

Author

Durney, Carl H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Volume

80

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

199

Abstract

Medical and biological applications of antennas can be classified into two broad groups: (1) therapeutic and (2) informational (including diagnostics and measurement of material electromagnetic (EM) properties). Most of these applications involve EM coupling into or out of the body which requires a device such as an antenna or other applicator. A common characteristic of many applications is the difficulty of coupling EM energy into the interior of the body without damaging the surface. Rapidly increasing computing power and new developments in numerical EM techniques are expected to have a great impact on the use of EM devices in medicine and biology

Keywords

antennas; biological techniques and instruments; biomedical equipment; biothermics; electromagnetic devices; patient diagnosis; radiation therapy; radiofrequency heating; EM coupling; EM devices; antennas; biology; diagnostics; electromagnetic applicators; material EM properties; medicine; numerical EM techniques; therapeutic applications; Applicators; Biological materials; Biological systems; Biology computing; Biomedical imaging; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic coupling; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical treatment; Muscles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.119578

Filename

119578