Benefits of Employing Metasurfaces on the Design of a Microwave Brain Imaging Scanner

TY - CHAP

T1 - Benefits of Employing Metasurfaces on the Design of a Microwave Brain Imaging Scanner

AU - Razzicchia, E.

AU - Ghavami, N.

AU - Rodriguez-Duarte, D. O.

AU - Tobon Vasquez, J. A.

AU - Vipiana, F.

AU - Kosmas, P.

N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the EMERALD project, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 764479. Funding Information: This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under the EMERALD project, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 764479. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 IEEE. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2021/8/9

Y1 - 2021/8/9

N2 - The demand for personalized and non-invasive technologies for diagnostics of brain-related diseases is a challenge involving multiple research fields. In this context, emerging electromagnetic (EM) techniques are receiving increased attention [1]. Among these techniques, microwave imaging (MWI) has the potential to address specific clinical needs such as intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH) detection and monitoring. The success of an MWI brain scanner is strongly dependent on its hardware characteristics. For instance, to achieve a device capable of detecting a hemorrhage inside the brain, array of antennas immersed into a coupling medium are typically used to transmit microwaves in the 0.5-1.5 GHz frequency range into the brain tissue and receive the resulting scattered signal [2]. In addition, our previous studies have shown that metasurface (MTS) structures can be used to enhance transmission and couple the incident power into the region of interest [3].

AB - The demand for personalized and non-invasive technologies for diagnostics of brain-related diseases is a challenge involving multiple research fields. In this context, emerging electromagnetic (EM) techniques are receiving increased attention [1]. Among these techniques, microwave imaging (MWI) has the potential to address specific clinical needs such as intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH) detection and monitoring. The success of an MWI brain scanner is strongly dependent on its hardware characteristics. For instance, to achieve a device capable of detecting a hemorrhage inside the brain, array of antennas immersed into a coupling medium are typically used to transmit microwaves in the 0.5-1.5 GHz frequency range into the brain tissue and receive the resulting scattered signal [2]. In addition, our previous studies have shown that metasurface (MTS) structures can be used to enhance transmission and couple the incident power into the region of interest [3].

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U2 - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539789

DO - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539789

M3 - Conference paper

AN - SCOPUS:85116197959

T3 - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021

SP - 141

BT - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

T2 - 22nd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021

Y2 - 9 August 2021 through 13 August 2021

ER -