DocumentCode
3586543
Title
Dielectric measurements of recinoleic acid oil for microwave cancerous treatment
Author
Fawaz, Hala ; Sadek, Sawsan ; Rammal, Jamal
Author_Institution
Lebanese Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
fYear
2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Microwave hyperthermia demonstrated its efficiency in several domains of medicine [1-6]. However this method has several limitations which can damage the healthy neighborhood. To increase the potential of this method and to avoid this problem, we suggest to create a special area consisting of the tumor injected by the lossy and nontoxic dielectric material: the recinoleic acid oil which has many advantages [7]. In this paper, we present a theoretical approach to demonstrate the advantage of using a lossy material with high dielectric losses in order to increase the temperature of the cancerous cells only. This approach is confirmed by measurements of the complex dielectric permittivity for recinoleic acid oil and for water in a large band of frequency [50 MHz-10 GHz]. Finally, we compare the results and conclude.
Keywords
biological effects of microwaves; cancer; cellular biophysics; dielectric losses; dielectric materials; dielectric measurement; fats; hyperthermia; oils; permittivity; permittivity measurement; radiation therapy; tumours; cancerous cell temperature; cell temperature increase; dielectric material-injected tumor; dielectric measurements; dielectric permittivity measurements; frequency 50.00 MHz to 10.00 GHz; hyperthermia efficiency; hyperthermia health-damaging effects; hyperthermia limitations; lossy dielectric material; lossy material advantage; lossy material dielectric losses; medically-efficient hyperthermia; microwave cancerous treatment; microwave hyperthermia; nontoxic dielectric material; recinoleic acid oil advantages; recinoleic acid oil permittivity; water permittivity; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic heating; Microwave theory and techniques; Permittivity; Tumors; complex permittivity; dielectric loss; hyperthermia; microwave radiation; recinoleic acid oil;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2014 14th Mediterranean
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-7390-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MMS.2014.7088975
Filename
7088975
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