A new antenna system for microwave non-invasive hyperthermia lipolysis

Author

Sangbok Park ; Joosung Hwang ; Youngwoo Kwon ; Changyul Cheon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

Aug. 28 2012-Sept. 1 2012

Firstpage

5683

Lastpage

5686

Abstract

In this paper, we present an antenna system for microwave non-invasive hyperthermia lipolysis. The antenna system consists of a circular waveguide antenna radiating electromagnetic waves, AlN(Aluminum Nitride) radome and heat sink. The AlN radome with heat sink helps to extract heat from the skin to keep skin temperature not to rise during heating the lipolysis. The antenna was designed to be operated with TE₂₁ mode to maintain uniform temperature over wider area. The usability of the proposed system was verified by performing numerical simulation and hyperthermia lipolysis experiments on rats.

Keywords

hyperthermia; microwave antennas; microwave heating; radomes; AlN; AlN radome; aluminum nitride; antenna system; circular waveguide antenna radiating electromagnetic waves; hyperthermia lipolysis experiments; microwave noninvasive hyperthermia lipolysis; numerical simulation; rats; skin temperature; Electromagnetic heating; Hyperthermia; Microwave antennas; Rats; Skin; Temperature measurement; Aluminum Compounds; Animals; Electromagnetic Fields; Hyperthermia, Induced; Lipolysis; Microwaves; Rats;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4119-8

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347285

Filename

6347285