A Wire Patch Cell for “in vitro” exposure at the Wi-Fi frequencies

Author

Paffi, Alessandra ; Apollonio, Francesca ; Liberti, Micaela ; Lovisolo, G.A. ; Lodato, R. ; Mancini, S. ; Chicarella, S. ; D´Inzeo, G. ; Merla, Caterina

Author_Institution

ICEmB at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

23-28 May 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

An in vitro exposure system, based on a Wire Patch Cell (WPC) and operating in the whole band of the Wi-Fi signal, has been fabricated and characterized. The system enables the contemporary exposure of four 35 mm Petri dishes and can be inserted into a commercial incubator. Results of both simulations and measurements indicate a good behavior in the band. The mean efficiency, in terms of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) in the biological sample for 1 W of input power, is higher than 0.75 (W/kg)/W. The homogeneity of the SAR distribution inside each Petri dish is above 70 % in the lowest layer of the biological solution, indicating the optimal employment of the system for the exposure of cell monolayers.

Keywords

Biological system modeling; Biomedical imaging; Cells (biology); Employment; In vitro; Microwave imaging; Monitoring; Radio frequency; Specific absorption rate; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6056-4

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5516763

Filename

5516763