Microwave Imaging Systems for Medical Applications
Abstract: Microwave Imaging (MWI) has been used extensively to image dielectric bodies due to the fact that microwave radiation can penetrate into many optically opaque mediums such as living systems. In particular, MWI can be used to exploit the differences in dielectric properties of human tissues. The tissues are illuminated with low-power electromagnetic (EM) waves at microwave frequencies, radiated by a set of antennas surrounding the tissues. The resulting scattered EM waves are recorded by the same antennas and processed with suitable algorithms to translate them into an image, which allows for the location of targets and/or the distinguishing of tissues (based on their estimated dielectric properties).
This talk will review some recent research activities of the Applied Electromagnetics group at the Politecnico di Torino that is currently involved in the development and prototyping of microwave imaging systems for two main applications: breast cancer and brain anomalies detection and monitoring. In particular, the research group has developed computational tools to model the whole MWI system by using advanced Finite Element Method (FEM) modelling, and it has realized microwave imaging system prototypes for experimental testing.
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- Date: 27 Oct 2017
- Time: 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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- Room 102, Bldg. D (Engineering Bldg. 1), University of Houston
- Houston, Texas
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- Co-sponsored by David R. Jackson
- Starts 19 October 2017 12:00 AM
- Ends 27 October 2017 12:00 PM
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Francesca Vipiana
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Bio: Francesca Vipiana received the Laurea and Ph.D. (Dottorato di Ricerca) degrees in electronic engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, in 2000 and 2004, respectively, with doctoral research carried out partly at the European Space Research Technology Center, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. From 2005 to 2008, she was a Research Fellow with the Department of Electronics, Politecnico di Torino. From 2009 to 2012, she was the Head of the Antenna and EMC Lab with the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Torino. Since 2008, she has been a frequent visitor to the Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. Since 2012, she has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, where she has been an Associate Professor since 2014.