Title :
Flexible microwave antenna applicator for chemothermotherapy of the breast
Author :
Topsakal, Erdem ; Asili, Mustafa ; Pu Chen ; Demirci, Utkan ; Younan, Nicholas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS, USA
Abstract :
In this study, a flexible microwave antenna applicator is presented for mild microwave hyperthermia. The antennas used in this study are designed for high dielectric medium-like skin and tested using tissue mimicking gels that mimic the dielectrical properties of the human breast. After the initial antenna design the applicator is fabricated embvedding the antennas in PDMS. Finaly, we have tested the applicator using masimu of 5W input power. The experiments sugges that the proposed applicator provides a considerable heating up to 4cm depth with 5W at 450 MHz.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomimetics; dielectric properties; gels; hyperthermia; microwave antennas; microwave heating; polymers; radiation therapy; skin; PDMS; antenna design; antenna embedding; antenna testing; applicator fabrication; applicator testing; breast chemothermotherapy; depth 4 cm; flexible microwave antenna applicator; frequency 450 MHz; high dielectric medium-like skin; human breast dielectrical properties; input power; microwave heating; mild microwave hyperthermia; power 5 W; tissue mimicking gel; Applicators; Cancer; Electromagnetic heating; Hyperthermia; Microwave antennas; Temperature measurement; Thermotherapy; microwave hyperthermia;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare (Mobihealth), 2014 EAI 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/MOBIHEALTH.2014.7015977
