A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models

S. Curto; G. Ruvio; M. J. Ammann; P. Prakash

doi:10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297301

A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models

S. Curto
, G. Ruvio
, M. J. Ammann
, P. Prakash

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Abstract

A wearable microwave hyperthermia system for treatment of breast cancer is proposed to overcome the limitations of currently available clinical applicators. The applicator incorporates an array of rectangular patch elements and a shared hemispheric conformal groundplane. The energy deposition capabilities of the proposed system are evaluated with patient-specific anatomical models generated from MRI scans. Specific absorption rate (SAR) and averaged power absorption (PA) in specific target volumes normalized to the total averaged power absorption (aPA) are evaluated as a function of number of elements in the array. Simulated results indicated the feasibility of focused energy deposition in the breast center when employing multiple antenna elements. An array with eight elements was identified as the optimal configuration which generates the greatest aPA. These outcomes would facilitate energy focusing in the hyperthermia treatment of various target sizes and varying locations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1159-1162
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479978069
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297301
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2015
Event	17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015 - Torino, Italy Duration: 7 Sep 2015 → 11 Sep 2015

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Name	Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015

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Conference	17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Torino
Period	7/09/15 → 11/09/15

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Antennas
Applicators
Arrays
Breast
Hyperthermia
Numerical models
Phantoms

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Curto, S., Ruvio, G., Ammann, M. J., & Prakash, P. (2015). A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015 (pp. 1159-1162). Article 7297301 (Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297301

Curto, S. ; Ruvio, G. ; Ammann, M. J. et al. / A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer : Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models. Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 1159-1162 (Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015).

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Curto, S, Ruvio, G, Ammann, MJ & Prakash, P 2015, A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models. in Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015., 7297301, Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1159-1162, 17th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015, Torino, Italy, 7/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297301

A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models. / Curto, S.; Ruvio, G.; Ammann, M. J. et al.
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 1159-1162 7297301 (Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015).

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Curto S, Ruvio G, Ammann MJ, Prakash P. A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 1159-1162. 7297301. (Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2015). doi: 10.1109/ICEAA.2015.7297301

A wearable applicator for microwave hyperthermia of breast cancer: Performance evaluation with patient-specific anatomic models

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