Microwaves in Medical Diagnostics and Treatment

Paper deals with a description of research activities in the field of Microwave Medical Diagnostics and Treatment done at the Dept. of EM Field, Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague. History of these activities goes to year 1981, when the first apparatus for microwave hyperthermia cancer treatment has been developed at CTU and one year later started to be used for oncological patient treatments at Institute of Radiation Oncology (Hospital Bulovka in Prague). In present time we have several areas of research activities dealing with applications of microwave theory, technique and technologies in medical diagnostics and therapy. Future trends in medical applications of microwave technique and technology can be seen in development of new diagnostic and imaging methods based on microwaves. A significant importance for the future can be identified for the following microwave methods: Tomography, Radiometry, Measurement of complex permittivity, Imaging in the Terahertz waves band and Diagnostic radars.