Exploring Joint Tissues With Microwave Imaging

Author

Salvador, Sara M. ; Fear, Elise C. ; Okoniewski, Michal ; Matyas, John R.

Author_Institution

Antenna & EMC Lab., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy

Volume

58

Issue

8

fYear

2010

Firstpage

2307

Lastpage

2313

Abstract

In this paper, a feasibility study of the application of the tissue sensing adaptive radar technique for imaging of the knee is presented. Selected tissues of the knee joints were characterized, from the dielectric properties point of view, through measurements on bovine tissue samples using a high precision dielectric probe. Based on the acquired data, numerical studies were conducted on a realistic finite-difference time-domain model of a meniscus, as well as on a model of a patellar tendon to investigate the possibility of detecting lesions. To confirm our observations, measurements on healthy and experimentally torn menisci and tendons from bovines were performed. Overall, the results suggest that microwave imaging has potential for knee imaging.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical imaging; dielectric properties; finite difference time-domain analysis; microwave imaging; bovine tissue samples; dielectric properties; high precision dielectric probe; joint tissues; knee imaging; lesion detection; meniscus; microwave imaging; patellar tendon; realistic finite-difference time-domain model; tissue sensing adaptive radar technique; Bovine; Dielectric measurements; Finite difference methods; Knee; Microwave imaging; Probes; Radar applications; Radar imaging; Tendons; Time domain analysis; Dielectric spectroscopy; knee joint; ligaments; meniscus; microwave imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2010.2052662

Filename

5508428