Abstract:
According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a microwave tomography apparatus is an apparatus which measures microwave tomograph of a subject which is inserted into a medium container including: a plurality of antennas which is located in the medium container and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave; a plurality of transceivers which, when a radio wave signal transmitted from one of the plurality of antennas is simultaneously received by the remaining antennas of the plurality of antennas, measures intensity and phase information of the radio wave signal received from the remaining antennas; and a controller which generates an image using the values measured by the plurality of transceivers.
Abstract:
A sensor includes a tank filled with a matching medium, a metal body configured to surround an image object received in the tank, and a plurality of apertures disposed at constant intervals inside the metal body, wherein when any one of the plurality of apertures radiates microwaves to the image object, remaining apertures receive scattering microwaves from the image object.
Abstract:
A method of focusing radio wave energy at a focusing target point, which is performed by a processor, may comprise: generating an electromagnetic numerical model of an object including the focusing target point; predicting radio wave focusing points inside the object using radio wave characteristic information of a radio wave radiation module and the electromagnetic numerical model; optimizing one or more focusing parameters such that radio wave energy reaching one or more unnecessary focusing points other than the focusing target point among the radio wave focusing points inside the object is reduced; and radiating radio waves based on the optimized focusing parameters.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a method of radiating wave energy available for unmanned automatic operation and apparatuses for performing the same. The method includes obtaining a dielectric characteristic of a object by performing a reconstruction calculation based on a scattered signal that is scattered from the object and pre-measured information on the object, determining a wave radiation parameter for adjusting energy of a wave to be radiated to a lesion of the object by performing a characteristic analysis operation based on the dielectric characteristic, and determining the energy of the wave to be high-power energy based on the wave radiation parameter.
Abstract:
Provided is a device for microwave hyperthermia that may attach a flexible patch on the skin of a user based on a cross-section of a body tissue of the user, for example, a joint and muscle of a leg and an arm and may emit microwaves towards a plurality of points of the body tissue through the patch. The microwaves emitted toward the body tissue may have the same phase and maximum power. Accordingly, a maximum heat generation point may be generated in an area adjacent to the plurality of points. The device for microwave hyperthermia may move the maximum heat generation point by sequentially changing a phase and a direction of each of the microwaves. The device for microwave hyperthermia may uniformly distribute and maintain heat for treating pain and/or infection over the entire cross-section or a partial area. The device for microwave hyperthermia may be portable.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a microwave output method and apparatus for thermotherapy. The microwave output method may include performing a forward analysis using a mapping model corresponding to a target point of an object, performing a reverse analysis based on forward analysis data for the forward analysis, and outputting a signal to the target point from each of a plurality of antennas based on reverse analysis data for the reverse analysis.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus and method for calibrating acquired scattering data in a three-dimensional (3D) microwave imaging system. A scattering data calibrating method may include acquiring microwave scattering data for each height of a tank containing a target using a microwave transceiving sensor; and calibrating the microwave scattering data based on a variation between a plurality of sets of microwave scattering data. A height of the tank at which the microwave scattering data is to be acquired may be determined based on a height of the microwave transceiving sensor is located in the tank.
Abstract:
Provided is an electromagnetic wave sensor including a thin metal plating layer to prevent an inflow of a fluid into the electromagnetic wave sensor and a method of generating the electromagnetic wave sensor, in which the electromagnetic wave sensor includes a waveguide including a conductor to sense an electromagnetic wave, a ceramic layer accommodated in the waveguide and including a dielectric to reduce a dielectric loss of the electromagnetic wave, and the thin metal plating layer disposed between the waveguide and the ceramic layer to prevent the inflow of the fluid into the electromagnetic wave sensor.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus and a system for evaluating the performance of an electromagnetic radiation device are disclosed. According to an embodiment of a present disclosure, a performance evaluation system includes a power source, an impedance matching circuit, the electromagnetic radiation electrode and a phantom that simulates a subject which is a target of electromagnetic wave irradiation. The performance evaluation system also includes an instrument for measuring the power of the power source, a first power inside the phantom, and a first electric field inside the phantom. The performance evaluation system also includes an analysis device for calculating a power radiated to the phantom and evaluating performance of an electromagnetic radiation device using at least one of the power radiated to the phantom, a second power inside the phantom, and a second electric field inside the phantom.
Abstract:
A method of determining a focusing parameter of electromagnetic waves in an electromagnetic wave energy treatment system and an electromagnetic wave energy treatment system are provided. The method includes determining an initial focusing parameter based on a tomographic image of an object, predicting a temperature change of the object, when assuming that electromagnetic waves are irradiated to the object according to the initial focusing parameter, determining a final focusing parameter by optimizing a focusing parameter according to a prediction result of the temperature change, and irradiating electromagnetic waves to the object according to the final focusing parameter, wherein the prediction result of the temperature change may indicate whether an unnecessary focusing point has occurred in the object.