Microwaves applications in medicine

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Department of Natural Sciences

Synopsis:

The major aim of these lectures is to explain to students the present and probable future possibilities of microwave medical applications. Biological thermal and non-thermal effects of electromagnetic field as well as safety limits are discussed. Microwave thermotherapy applied to cancer and other diseases is described. Details of microwave thermotherapy apparatus are given, especially from the point of view of applicators for local, intracavitary and regional treatment.

Requirements:

Assessment: active participation on the solution of excercises

Examination: fulfillment of requirements for assessment, knowledges covering the extent of the course

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Medical applications of microwave - basic overview

2.Interactions of electromagnetic field with matter

3.Biological effects of electromagnetic field, safety limits

4.Hyperthermia, principals and technical equipment

5.Hyperthermia applicators - overview

6.Tests of hyperthermia applicators

7.Waveguide applicators

8.Evanescent mode waveguide applicators

9.Applicators for intracavitary treatment

10.Applicators for regional treatment

11.Treatment planning

12.Hyperthermia thermometry

13.Microwave non-invasive thermometry

Clinical results - discussion

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Study Objective:

The goal of the course is to introduce students to the fundamentals of EM field applications in modern medicine, particularly in diagnostics and therapy.

Study materials:

[1] Int. Journal of Hyperthermia

[2] D. M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 3rd ed. Wiley John + Sons, 2004.

[3] R. F. Harrington, Time-Harmonic Electromagnetic Fields. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961.

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Navazující magisterský studijní obor Přístroje a metody pro biomedicínu (compulsory elective course)