A millimeter-wave based measuring method for the differentiation of atherosclerotic plaques

Author

Baer, Christoph ; Notzon, Gordon ; Dahl, Claus ; Schulz, Claudia ; Will, Bianca ; Rolfes, Ilona ; Musch, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Circuits, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Bochum, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this contribution, a novel measuring method for the differentiation of intra vascular plaque types is presented. The proposed method operates contact free because of the mm-wave based approach. Fundamentals concerning material properties of blood and plaque, and electromagnetic barrier reflections are discussed. Furthermore, a test setup consisting of a miniaturized sensor setup is introduced that clarifies the measuring concept. Additionally, results of 3D electromagnetic field simulations as well as first measurements ex situ performed on non-human genetic materials are shown and discussed in detail.

Keywords

blood; cardiovascular system; diseases; electromagnetic wave reflection; microwave imaging; millimetre wave imaging; sensors; 3D electromagnetic field simulations; atherosclerotic plaque differentiation; blood; electromagnetic barrier reflections; intravascular plaque differentiation; material properties; millimeter-wave based measuring method; miniaturized sensor setup; nonhuman genetic materials; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Attenuation; Biomedical measurement; Blood; Dielectric measurement; Permittivity; Intravascular plaque; complex permittivity; miniaturized antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Workshop Series on RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-BIO), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Singapore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2013.6756167

Filename

6756167