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Recent Advancements in EM Technologies for Medicine

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Session Organizers

Lorenzo Crocco
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA-CNR)
Italy
Jan Vrba, Jr.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Republic

Session Chairs

Lorenzo Crocco
Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA-CNR)
Italy
Jan Vrba, Jr.
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Republic

Session Infomation

The session is focused on applications of microwave technologies in medical therapy and diagnostics. Contributions related to therapy will be primarily in the areas of microwave hyperthermia, microwave ablation and electroporation - with particular emphasis, but not limited to new technologies in applicators, systems and phantom design, as well as novel treatment planning algorithms. Diagnostic contributions will mainly focus on microwave medical imaging, which involves design of novel antenna elements and phantoms, development of detection, classification and imaging algorithms as well as characterization of dielectric parameters of biological tissues. Special session “Recent Advancements in EM Technologies for Medicine” is prepared in cooperation with EU COST Action CA17115 - European network for advancing Electromagnetic hyperthermic medical technologies (MyWAVE).

Submitted Articles

Note: +: Presenting Author, *: Corresponding Author
Presenting Author Talk Time Paper Title | Authors | Abstract Session Date / Room
13:20
Onsite
A New Approach to Design a Hyperthermia Applicator for Focused Intracranial Heating of Childhood Brain Tumors
M. Zanoli (Chalmers University of Technology), +*Hana Dobsicek Trefna (Chalmers University of Technology)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
13:35
Onsite
Design of a Sierpinski Fractal Antenna for Breast Tumors Diagnosis
+Isabella Porcu (University of Cagliari), Claudia Macciò (University of Cagliari), *Giacomo Muntoni (University of Cagliari), Alessandro Fanti (University of Cagliari)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
13:50
Onsite
2D Numerical Dataset for Microwave SVM-based Brain Stroke Classification
+*Tomas Pokorny (Czech Technical University in Prague), Ondrej Fiser (Czech Technical University in Prague), Tomáš Dřížd'al (Czech Technical University in Prague), Jan Vrba, Jr. (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
14:05
Onsite
Invited
Microwave Thermal Ablation: Advancements and Future Perspectives
K. Vidjak (Sapienza University of Rome), F. Liporace (Sapienza University of Rome), +*Marta Cavagnaro (University of Rome ``La Sapienza'')
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
14:25
Onsite
The Power of Numerical Simulations in Advancing Treatment Planning during Microwave Hyperthermia
+*Ksenia Kulakova (Czech Technical University in Prague), Jan Vrba, Jr. (Czech Technical University in Prague), Tomáš Dřížd'al (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
14:40
Onsite
Microwave Thermometry of Brain Tumors: A 2D Computational Feasibility Study
+*Jan Redr (Czech Technical University in Prague), Jan Vrba, Jr. (Czech Technical University in Prague), Tomáš Dřížd'al (Czech Technical University in Prague), Roberta Palmeri (National Research Council), Rosa Scapaticci (National Research Council of Italy Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (CNR-IREA)), Lorenzo Crocco (Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA-CNR))
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
14:55
Onsite
Invited
A Microwave Imaging 3D Stroke Monitoring Device: Experimental Validation and Realistic Head Models
+*Jorge Alberto Tobon Vasquez (Politecnico di Torino), David Orlando Rodriguez-Duarte (Politecnico di Torino), Cristina Origlia (Politecnico di Torino), Martina Gugliermino (Politecnico di Torino), Rosa Scapaticci (National Research Council of Italy Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (CNR-IREA)), Lorenzo Crocco (Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA-CNR)), Francesca Vipiana (Politecnico di Torino)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
16:00
Onsite
Invited
Use of EM Technology for Inducing Therapeutic Moderate Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Status and Ongoing Developments
+*Hans Crezee (Amsterdam University Medical Centers)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
16:20
Onsite
Novel Microwave Antenna for Deep Tissue Heating
+*Matouš Brunát (Czech Technical University in Prague), David Vrba (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
16:35
Onsite
Dielectric Characterization of Interstitial Fluid Phantoms for Hypoxia Monitoring at Microwave Frequencies
+*Nadia Muhammad Hussain (University of Galway), Bilal Amin (University of Galway), Martin O'Halloran (University of Galway), Muhammad Adnan Elahi (University of Galway)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
16:50
Onsite
Dielectric Permittivity Analysis of Healthy and Fatty Liver in Microwave Range
+*Clément Buisson (Aix Marseille University), Lourdes Mounien (Aix Marseille University), Flavie Sicard (Aix Marseille University), Jean François Landrier (Aix Marseille University), Erwan Selingue (NeuroSpin, CEA-Saclay), Françoise Geffroy (NeuroSpin, CEA-Saclay), Victoria Tishkova (Aix Marseille University), Pierre Sabouroux (Aix-Marseille University)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
17:25
Onsite
Applicator for Microwave Regional Hyperthermia: Comparison of Three Different Models
+*Milan Babak (Czech Technical University in Prague), Jan Vrba (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223
17:40
Onsite
Comparison of Different Antenna Elements for Microwave Medical Imaging
+*Milan Babak (Czech Technical University in Prague), Jan Vrba (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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3P_11
2023-07-05
PM
Room: 11 - South Room 223

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