Development of burst high frequency wave source for medical application

Author

Yoshida, Daisuke ; Ishizawa, Hidetoshi ; Tanabe, Takasumi ; Sugimoto, Kazuya ; Hosseini, S.H.R. ; Katsuki, S. ; Akiyama, Hidenori

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

16-21 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Inducing apoptosis in malignant cells and controlling ES cell differentiation using sub-nanosecond high voltage pulses have been investigated. It is important to develop a high-power, high frequency electromagnetic wave focusing system for apoptosis induction in cancer. Nonlinear lumped element transmission lines (NLETL) to generate RF pulses have in recent years gained much attention. Our intention is to establish a cancer treatment system utilizing NLETLs by combining these two research areas. Here, specific characteristics of output waveforms from the device of NLETLs are investigated considering medical application.

Keywords

cancer; cellular biophysics; patient treatment; ES cell differentiation; NLETL; RF pulses; burst high frequency wave source; cancer treatment system; high-power high frequency electromagnetic wave focusing system; malignant cell apoptosis; medical application; nonlinear lumped element transmission lines; output waveforms; subnanosecond high voltage pulses; Biomedical equipment; Cancer; Capacitance; Electromagnetic scattering; Oscillators; Power transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2013 19th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2158-4915

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.2013.6627672

Filename

6627672