Ultra-wideband Microwave Ablation Therapy (UMAT)

Author

Colebeck, Erin ; Topsakal, Erdem

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

2-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose an alternative microwave ablation therapy, Ultra-wideband Microwave Ablation Therapy (UMAT), that can potentially be used for the treatment of various cancers including liver, kidney, breast, lung, and bone. The technology relies on extremely small size ultra-wideband antennas that can deliver power to the tissue with more than 90% power transmission efficiency from beginning to the end of the ablation procedure. The resulting ablation technology is far superior to the existing microwave ablation therapies in terms of power usage, ablation time and zones. In order to validate the system, we provide ex vivo animal experiments.

Keywords

bone; cancer; kidney; liver; lung; orthopaedics; patient treatment; power transmission; ultra wideband antennas; UMAT; ablation technology; ablation zones; bone; breast; cancer treatment; ex vivo animal experiments; kidney; liver; lung; power transmission efficiency; power usage; small size ultrawideband antennas; tissue; ultrawideband microwave ablation therapy; Electromagnetic heating; Liver; Microwave antennas; Microwave technology; Power transmission; Probes; Radio frequency; Microwave ablation; cancer treatment; ultrawideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6177-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697642

Filename

6697642