Title :
A directive antenna array applicator for focused electromagnetic hyperthermia treatment of breast cancer
Author :
Korkmaz, Erdal ; Isik, Omer ; Sagkol, Huseyin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Fatih Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
A hyperthermia applicator is designed for the treatment of breast cancer with 24 directive microstrip spiral antennas forming a hemispherical array at 434 MHz. All individual antennas are directed towards a target region and their phases are adapted to focus all the fields at the targeted region. The measurements are performed by submerging uniform liquid solutions inside the applicator which completely stand inside distilled water. By exposing uniform liquid solutions to focused waves we observed temperature distribution with respect to time.
Keywords :
biological organs; biological tissues; cancer; directive antennas; hyperthermia; microstrip antenna arrays; radiation therapy; temperature distribution; breast cancer; directive antenna array applicator; directive microstrip spiral antennas; distilled water; focused electromagnetic hyperthermia treatment; frequency 434 MHz; hemispherical array; temperature distribution; uniform liquid solutions; Antenna measurements; Applicators; Breast; Directive antennas; Hyperthermia; Microstrip antennas; Temperature measurement; breast applicator; directive compact antennas; hyperthermia;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
