Focused microwave thermotherapy: A patient-specific numerical assessment of a non-invasive breast cancer treatment

Author

Iero, D.A.M. ; Isernia, T. ; Crocco, L. ; Catapano, I.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Inf., Mat., Elettron. e, Trasporti (DIMET), Univ. Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

3646

Lastpage

3650

Abstract

Thermotherapy, as well as any cancer treatment, requires a strict selectivity in order to avoid undesired injurious effects against healthy tissues. In this paper, we provide a computational study concerning a new focusing technique, for hyperthermic treatment design, based on the recent method for the synthesis of pencil beams by means of fixed-geometry arrays [6]-[7]. Performances are tested against 2-D anatomically realistic breast phantoms, showing an interesting potential.

Keywords

biological organs; biomedical imaging; cancer; gynaecology; injuries; microwave imaging; numerical analysis; patient treatment; phantoms; 2-D anatomically realistic breast phantoms; fixed-geometry arrays; focused microwave thermotherapy; healthy tissues; hyperthermic treatment design; injurious effects; noninvasive breast cancer treatment; patient-specific numerical assessment; pencil beams; Applicators; Breast; Cancer; Focusing; Microwave technology; Tumors; array synthesis; focusing; hyperthermia; phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206017

Filename

6206017