Title :
Focusing and steering for medical applications with magnetic near-field arrays and metasurfaces
Author :
Ludwig, Alon ; Wong, Joseph P. S. ; Epstein, Ariel ; Wong, Alex M. H. ; Eleftheriades, George V. ; Sarris, Costas D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Two recently suggested 2D structures for control of electromagnetic beams are presented; the magnetic near-field antenna array and the Huygens metasurface. Opportunities and challenges in the context of medical applications are discussed.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; beam steering; electromagnetic fields; magnetic devices; near-field communication; 2D structures; Huygens metasurface; beam focusing; beam steering; electromagnetic beam control; magnetic near field antenna array; medical applications; Antenna arrays; Biomedical equipment; Cavity resonators; Focusing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic separation; Medical services; Huygens metasurfaces; beam-steering; focusing; near-field antenna arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
