[HTML][HTML] Review of microwave near-field sensing and imaging devices in medical applications

C Origlia, DO Rodriguez-Duarte, JA Tobon Vasquez… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Microwaves can safely and non-destructively illuminate and penetrate dielectric materials,
making them an attractive solution for various medical tasks, including detection, diagnosis …

Electromagnetic metamaterials for biomedical applications: short review and trends

DC Tzarouchis, M Koutsoupidou… - EPJ Applied …, 2024 - epjam.edp-open.org
This mini-review examines the most prominent features and usages of metamaterials, such
as metamaterial-based and metamaterial-inspired RF components used for biomedical …

Anthropomorphic breast and head phantoms for microwave imaging

N Joachimowicz, B Duchêne, C Conessa, O Meyer - Diagnostics, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper deals with breast and head phantoms fabricated from 3D-printed structures and
liquid mixtures whose complex permittivities are close to that of the biological tissues within …

Experimental validation of microwave tomography with the DBIM-TwIST algorithm for brain stroke detection and classification

O Karadima, M Rahman, I Sotiriou, N Ghavami, P Lu… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
We present an initial experimental validation of a microwave tomography (MWT) prototype
for brain stroke detection and classification using the distorted Born iterative method, two …

Anthropomorphic calcaneus phantom for microwave bone imaging applications

B Amin, A Shahzad, D Kelly… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent studies have found a significant dielectric contrast between healthy and osteoporotic
human trabecular bones. This dielectric contrast can be exploited by microwave imaging for …

Stable and lifelong head phantoms using polymer composition mimicking materials to test electromagnetic medical imaging systems

K Bialkowski, S Hill, A Stancombe… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phantoms are critical items for testing and evaluating new prototypes of electromagnetic
medical imaging systems. Realistic tissues distribution, size, shape, and dielectric properties …

Optimizing cardiac wireless implant communication: A feasibility study on selecting the frequency and matching medium

B Amin, MR Rehman, M Farooq, A Elahi, K Donaghey… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiac wireless implantable medical devices (CWIMD) have brought a paradigm shift in
monitoring and treating various cardiac conditions, including heart failure, arrhythmias, and …

Experimental validation of microwave imaging prototype and DBIM-IMATCS algorithm for bone health monitoring

B Amin, A Shahzad, M O'halloran, B Mcdermott… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evaluation of the microwave imaging (MWI) prototype and imaging algorithms on
experimental bone phantoms is a precursor step before clinical testing for measuring in vivo …

Anatomically and dielectrically realistic 2.5 D 5‐layer reconfigurable head phantom for testing microwave stroke detection and classification

T Pokorny, D Vrba, J Tesarik… - … Journal of Antennas …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This work presents the design and manufacturing of an anatomically and dielectrically
realistic layered phantom of the human head that allows the insertion of ischemic and …

Anthropomorphic durable realistic knee phantom for testing electromagnetic imaging systems

KS Sultan, B Mohammed, PC Mills… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A knee phantom with realistic dielectric and anatomical properties has been fabricated using
proper molds and equivalent mixtures. The fabricated phantom is based on a composite …