• DocumentCode
    1949284
  • Title

    Focusing system of Burst Electromagnetic waves for medical applications

  • Author

    Hashimoto, M. ; Ishizawa, H. ; Hosseini, S.H.R. ; Katsuki, S. ; Akiyama, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    19-23 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    1182
  • Lastpage
    1185
  • Abstract
    Intense pulse electric field has a large potential in new biology and medical applications. In this work, we have developed a Burst Electromagnetic wave Focusing System for medical applications. This system allows applying the electric field into human body without electrodes touching to the body. It is composed of function generator, signal generator, amplifier, radiation antenna and ellipsoidal reflector. The burst wave is radiated from first focal point and focused at a second focal point by ellipsoidal reflector. The focusing system is immersed in water to match the permittivity with living body, it allows electromagnetic wave to transmit inside body effectively and contribute the electric field to focus with high resolution by compressing the wavelength. In this report, we showed that the electric field was accurately focused at second focal point and intensity of electric field increased with increasing the medium temperature.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; antennas; bioelectric phenomena; biological effects of fields; focusing; permittivity; signal generators; amplifier; burst electromagnetic waves; ellipsoidal reflector; focusing system; function generator; human body; intense pulse electric field; medical application; permittivity; radiation antenna; signal generator; Attenuators; Finite element methods;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    2158-4915
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0629-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2011.6191579
  • Filename
    6191579