A compact microwave patch applicator for hyperthermia treatment of cancer

Author

Chakaravarthi, Geetha ; Arunachalam, Kavitha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Design, IIT-M, Chennai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

5320

Lastpage

5322

Abstract

Design and development of a compact microstrip C-type patch applicator for hyperthermia treatment of cancer is presented. The patch antenna is optimized for resonance at 434 MHz, return loss (S₁₁) better than -15dB and co-polarized electric field in tissue. Effect of water bolus thickness on power delivery is studied for improved power coupling. Numerical simulations for antenna design optimization carried out using EM simulation software, Ansys HFSS^®, USA were experimentally verified. The effective field coverage for the optimized patch antenna and experimental results indicate that the compact antenna resonates at ISM frequency 434 MHz with better than -15 dB power coupling.

Keywords

biological tissues; cancer; hyperthermia; microstrip antennas; microwave heating; numerical analysis; optimisation; Ansys HFSS; EM simulation software; ISM frequency; antenna design optimization; cancer; co-polarized electric field; compact antenna; compact microstrip C-type patch applicator; compact microwave patch applicator; effective field coverage; frequency 434 MHz; hyperthermia treatment; improved power coupling; loss -15 dB; numerical simulations; optimized patch antenna; power delivery; return loss; tissue; water bolus thickness; Applicators; Cancer; Couplings; Feeds; Hyperthermia; Numerical models; Patch antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944827

Filename

6944827