Title :
Feasibility study on microwave stroke detection using a realistic phantom and the FDTD method
Author :
Ireland, David ; Bialkowski, Marek
Author_Institution :
Sch. of ITEE, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Abstract :
This paper presents simulation results of wave propagation in a anatomic realistic head phantom for the purpose of obtaining the feasibility of detecting brain matter affected by a simulated stroke. An elliptical array of transmitter and receiver locations are defined and the differences in the fields created by the presence of the simulated stroke were simulated using a 3-D FDTD method and subsequently quantified.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; blood vessels; brain; finite difference time-domain analysis; medical disorders; microwave measurement; patient diagnosis; phantoms; 3D FDTD method; anatomic realistic head phantom; brain matter; elliptical transmitter-receiver array; microwave stroke detection; realistic phantom; simulated stroke; wave propagation; Blood; Esophagus; Glands; Medical diagnostic imaging; Skin; Skull; Teeth; Microwave imaging; brain modeling; medical diagnosis;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings (APMC), 2010 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7590-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-902339-22-2
