Microwave heating by using flat LHM lens

Author

Gong, Yu ; Hongjin Wang ; Wang, Gang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Jiangsu Univ., Zhenjiang

fYear

2008

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

373

Abstract

Microwave heating system for hyperthermia by using four flat LHM lenses orthogonally-deployed around the heating region is proposed and simulated. For the process of heating a 6 mm-diameter tumor in homogeneous lossy dielectric medium, our 2-D FDTD simulations indicate that microwave energy can be concentrated tightly inside the tumor. Also the temperature distribution is derived through bio-heat equation (BHE), which has been solved by finite differential approach. Due to the admiring focusing properties of LHM lens, the temperature inside the tumor may rise from 37degC to more than 42.65degC during one hour with average input power density of 1.60 W/cm at 6 GHz, while the temperature of normal tissue keeps well below 42degC as the requirement of hyperthermia.

Keywords

absorbing media; cancer; finite difference time-domain analysis; hyperthermia; lenses; metamaterials; microwave heating; radiation therapy; tumours; 2-D FDTD simulations; bio-heat equation; finite differential approach; frequency 6 GHz; heating region; hyperthermia; inhomogeneous lossy dielectric medium; input power density; microwave energy; microwave heating system; normal tissue temperature; orthogonally-deployed flat LHM lenses; size 6 mm; temperature 37 degC to 42.65 degC; temperature distribution; time 1 hr; tumor; Applicators; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic heating; Hyperthermia; Lenses; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Neoplasms; Phased arrays; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Metamaterials, 2008 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2608-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2609-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/META.2008.4723617

Filename

4723617