Microwave open-ended coaxial dielectric probe: Interpretation of the sensing volume re-visited

PM Meaney, AP Gregory, NR Epstein, KD Paulsen - BMC medical physics, 2014 - Springer
Background Tissue dielectric properties are specific to physiological changes and
consequently have been pursued as imaging biomarkers of cancer and other pathological …

Dielectric properties of colon polyps, cancer, and normal mucosa: Ex vivo measurements from 0.5 to 20 GHz

M Guardiola, S Buitrago… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Colorectal cancer is highly preventable by detecting and removing polyps, which
are the precursors. Currently, the most accurate test is colonoscopy, but still misses 22% of …

Ex-vivo dielectric characterization of normal, benign, and malignant breast tissue at microwave frequencies: Preliminary results from a multiinstitutional study

C Beasley, S Hagness, J Booske… - Proc. IEEE AP-S Int …, 2003 - usnc-ursi-archive.org
Several dielectric spectroscopy studies of breast tissue reported in the literature over the
past 50 years suggest that the dielectric-properties contrast between malignant and normal …

Dielectric Characterization of Ex-Vivo Breast Tissues: Differentiation of Tumor Types through Permittivity Measurements

EG Fernández-Aranzamendi, PR Castillo-Araníbar… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Breast cancer, a prevalent global concern, continuously motivates the
research and development of new technologies for its quick detection and diagnosis …

Rapid Progress in Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer Using Microwaves

A Garrido, J Romeu, M Guardiola, L Jofre - The Advancing World of …, 2023 - Springer
The quest for possible uses of microwave imaging for medical purposes follows a sequence
that involves first identifying potential biomedical applications. The goal of this first task is to …

Dielectric characterization of biological tissues for medical applications

A Fornés Leal - 2019 - riunet.upv.es
[EN] Nowadays, a careful knowledge of the electromagnetic properties of biological tissues
is required for developing a great number of applications. The development of wireless …

Microwave‐Based Colonoscopy: Preclinical Evaluation in an Ex Vivo Human Colon Model

G Fernández-Esparrach, A Garrido… - Gastroenterology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Microwave imaging can obtain 360° anatomical and functional images of the
colon representing the existing contrast in dielectric properties between different tissues …

Variation in the dielectric properties of freshly excised colorectal cancerous tissues at different tumor stages

Z Li, W Wang, Z Cai, S Han, S Lin, L He… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The study was designed to identify differences in the dielectric properties of ex vivo
colorectal cancerous tissues at different tumor stages. To date, 130 freshly excised …

Towards accurate microwave characterization of tissues: Sensing depth analysis of open-ended coaxial probes with ex vivo rat breast and skin tissues

C Aydinalp, S Joof, T Yilmaz - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dielectric properties of biological materials are commonly characterized with open-ended
coaxial probes due to the broadband and non-destructive measurement capabilities …

Measurements and analysis of the microwave dielectric properties of tissues

AM Campbell - 1990 - theses.gla.ac.uk
Knowledge of the microwave dielectric properties of human tissues is essential for the
understanding and development of medical microwave techniques. In particular, microwave …