Interaction of RF-Hyperthermia applicator with high fidelity human body model

Author

Curto, S. ; See, T.S.P. ; Chen, Z.N. ; McEvoy, P. ; Ammann, M.J.

Author_Institution

Antenna & High Freq. Res. (AHFR) Group, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A compact patch antenna working at the 434 MHz ISM frequency band is proposed as an RF-Hyperthermia applicator. The electromagnetic interaction in terms of S11, SAR and E-Field distribution of the antenna with a High Fidelity human body model is investigated. This analysis provides useful information for engineers and clinical staff to develop more efficient and smaller antennas for medical applications, in particular for RF-Hyperthermia cancer therapy, where the size of the antenna determines tumor accessibility.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biomedical communication; biomedical equipment; electromagnetic fields; microstrip antennas; E-field distribution; ISM frequency band; RF-Hyperthermia applicator; SAR; compact patch antenna; electromagnetic interaction; frequency 434 MHz; high fidelity human body model; Applicators; Biological system modeling; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical equipment; Electromagnetic modeling; Frequency; Humans; Information analysis; Medical services; Patch antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619682

Filename

4619682