Applications of Microwaves in Medicine
Advances and updates in medical applications utilizing microwave techniques and technologies are reviewed in this paper. The article aims to provide an overview of enablers for microwave medical applications and their recent progress. The emphasis focuses on the applications of microwaves, in the fo...
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| author | J.-C. Chiao Changzhi Li Jenshan Lin Robert H. Caverly James C. M. Hwang Harel Rosen Arye Rosen |
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| description | Advances and updates in medical applications utilizing microwave techniques and technologies are reviewed in this paper. The article aims to provide an overview of enablers for microwave medical applications and their recent progress. The emphasis focuses on the applications of microwaves, in the following order, for 1) signal and data communication for implants and wearables through the human body, 2) electromagnetic energy transfer through tissues, 3) noninvasive, remote or <italic>in situ</italic> physical and biochemical sensing, and 4) therapeutic purposes by changing tissue properties with controlled thermal effects. For signal and data communication and wireless power transfer, implant and wearable applications are discussed in the categories of pacemakers, endoscopic capsules, brain interfaces, intraocular, cardiac and intracranial pressure sensors, neurostimulators, endoluminal implants, artificial retina, smart lenses, and cochlear implants. For noninvasive sensing, remote vital sign radar, biological cell probing, magnetic resonance and microwave imaging, biochemical, blood glucose, hydration and biomarker sensing applications are introduced. For therapeutic uses, the developments of microwave ablation, balloon angioplasty, and hyperthermia applications are reviewed. The scopes of this article mainly concentrate on the research and development efforts in the past 20 years. Recent review articles on specific topics are cited with accomplishment highlights and trends deliberated. At the end of this article, a brief history of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Biological Effects and Medical Applications committee and the contributions by its members to the promotion and advancement of microwave technologies in medical fields are chronicled. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce3b64f938c64a958036424997d9e3302023-01-06T00:00:46ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of Microwaves2692-83882023-01-013113416910.1109/JMW.2022.32233019991886Applications of Microwaves in MedicineJ.-C. Chiao0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9670-0340Changzhi Li1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2188-4506Jenshan Lin2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-9259Robert H. Caverly3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9212-7660James C. M. Hwang4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-0411Harel Rosen5Arye Rosen6Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USAMaterials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAOnsite Neonatal Partners, Inc., Voorhees, NJ, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USAAdvances and updates in medical applications utilizing microwave techniques and technologies are reviewed in this paper. The article aims to provide an overview of enablers for microwave medical applications and their recent progress. The emphasis focuses on the applications of microwaves, in the following order, for 1) signal and data communication for implants and wearables through the human body, 2) electromagnetic energy transfer through tissues, 3) noninvasive, remote or <italic>in situ</italic> physical and biochemical sensing, and 4) therapeutic purposes by changing tissue properties with controlled thermal effects. For signal and data communication and wireless power transfer, implant and wearable applications are discussed in the categories of pacemakers, endoscopic capsules, brain interfaces, intraocular, cardiac and intracranial pressure sensors, neurostimulators, endoluminal implants, artificial retina, smart lenses, and cochlear implants. For noninvasive sensing, remote vital sign radar, biological cell probing, magnetic resonance and microwave imaging, biochemical, blood glucose, hydration and biomarker sensing applications are introduced. For therapeutic uses, the developments of microwave ablation, balloon angioplasty, and hyperthermia applications are reviewed. The scopes of this article mainly concentrate on the research and development efforts in the past 20 years. Recent review articles on specific topics are cited with accomplishment highlights and trends deliberated. At the end of this article, a brief history of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Biological Effects and Medical Applications committee and the contributions by its members to the promotion and advancement of microwave technologies in medical fields are chronicled.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9991886/MTT 70th Anniversary Special Issuemicrowave medical applicationwireless implantphysiological signal communicationwireless power transfervital sign radar |
| spellingShingle | J.-C. Chiao Changzhi Li Jenshan Lin Robert H. Caverly James C. M. Hwang Harel Rosen Arye Rosen Applications of Microwaves in Medicine IEEE Journal of Microwaves MTT 70th Anniversary Special Issue microwave medical application wireless implant physiological signal communication wireless power transfer vital sign radar |
| title | Applications of Microwaves in Medicine |
| title_full | Applications of Microwaves in Medicine |
| title_fullStr | Applications of Microwaves in Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applications of Microwaves in Medicine |
| title_short | Applications of Microwaves in Medicine |
| title_sort | applications of microwaves in medicine |
| topic | MTT 70th Anniversary Special Issue microwave medical application wireless implant physiological signal communication wireless power transfer vital sign radar |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9991886/ |
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