Electromagnetic Field in Medicine
Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
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17MPAEM | Z,ZK | 5 | 2+2 | Czech |
- Lecturer:
- Jan Vrba (gar.)
- Tutor:
- Jan Vrba
- Supervisor:
- Department of Natural Sciences
- Synopsis:
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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:
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Assessment: active participation on the solution of excercises
Examination: fulfillment of requirements for assessment, knowledges covering the extent of the course
- Syllabus of lectures:
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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
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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1. Basics of microwave techniques
2.Absorption of EM Energy in biological tissue
3.EM Field safety limits - calculations and measurements
4.Hyperthermia apparatus - (laboratory of Institute of Radiation Oncology - IRO)
5.Hyperthermia applicators - overview (laboratory K 317)
6.Tests of hyperthermia applicators - water phantom (laboratory K 317)
7.Tests of hyperthermia applicators - agar phantom (laboratory IRO)
8.Design of waveguide type applicator
9.Design of evanescent mode applicator
10.Design of applicator for intracavitary treatment
11.Design of applicator for regional treatment
12.Treatment planning
13.Numerical methods used for treatment planning
Methods for temperature measurements(laboratory IRO)
- Study Objective:
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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:
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[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.
- Note:
- Further information:
- http://www.comsol.com/showroom/product/ http://niremf.ifac.cnr.it/tissprop/ http://www.elmag.org/doku.php/frvs:aplikatory_2009 http://www.elmag.org/doku.php/wiki:user:cifra http://www.bsdmc.com
- Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Fri Thu Fri - Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:
- Time-table is not available yet
- The course is a part of the following study plans: