NDLI: 3D UWB tomography for medical imaging applications

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Guardiola, M. Jofre, L. Romeu, J.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: AntennaLab, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (Guardiola, M.; Jofre, L.; Romeu, J.)
Abstract	Biomedical applications have been an active research field for the development of microwave imaging due to the non-ionizing character of this radiation and its comfortable application. In particular, stroke detection, constitute a challenging application due to the high contrast between the mediums involved [1]. Ischemic strokes occur due to a loss of blood supply to a part of the brain caused by a blood clot, possibly leading to death of the tissue. Nowadays, stroke affects 795,000 people in US every year, meaning that, on average, every 40 seconds someone in the US has a stroke [2]. Moreover, it accounted for about one of every 17 deaths, representing 150,000 deceases per year in US. Currently, they are usually treated with thrombolytics (clot buster). However to ensure its effectiveness, it has to be given within 3 hours of the onset of symptoms and requires a firm diagnosis of an ischemic stroke. Currently, this diagnosis relies on imaging methods including CT, PET and MRI, which cannot be widely available at all medical centers due to its high cost. Hence, many times the diagnosis is delayed or not very accurate. Microwaves experiment highly sensitive interactions with dielectric properties of tissues, which can be used to identify them. This turns to be useful in stroke detection to distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, which present similar symptoms, but radically different treatment. Thus, by using microwave imaging, we will have enough specificity to distinguish vessels of blood in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke) and in this case, identify the injury as an ischemic stroke in a cost-effective way.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	4
File Size	344694
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424449675
ISSN	15223965
DOI	10.1109/APS.2010.5561075
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-07-11
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Three dimensional displays Image reconstruction Brain modeling Microwave imaging Microwave theory and techniques Biomedical imaging
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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