A prolate-spheroidal impulse-radiating antenna system to launch and focus 100-ps pulses for melanoma treatment

Author

Kumar, Prashanth ; Altunc, Serhat ; Baum, Carl E. ; Buchenauer, C. Jerald ; Christodoulou, Christos G. ; Schamiloglu, Edl

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

6-10 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

140

Abstract

This paper briefly reviews the design of a prolate-spheroidal impulse-radiating antenna system, to launch and focus fast (100 ps) high-voltage (> 100 kV) pulses, as a non-invasive tool for melanoma (skin cancer) treatment. The experiments on a graded five-layer dielectric lens, designed to match the pulses into a biological target medium, are outlined. The design of a switch system to launch high-voltage spherical TEM pulses is also summarized.

Keywords

aperture antennas; cancer; dielectric devices; lenses; radiation therapy; skin; biological target medium; graded five-layer dielectric lens; high-voltage spherical TEM pulses; melanoma treatment; prolate-spheroidal impulse-radiating antenna system; skin cancer; time 100 ps; Antennas; Dielectrics; Electric fields; Focusing; Lenses; Optical switches; Impulse-radiating antenna; focusing lens; launching lens; melanoma; picosecond pulses; prolate-spheroidal reflector; switch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals (UWBUSIS), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sevastopol

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7470-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7469-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UWBUSIS.2010.5609161

Filename

5609161