Biomedical passive microwave imaging and sensing: current and future trends [Bioelectromagnetics]

EI Groumpas, M Koutsoupidou… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave radiometry (MWR) is a passive technique for sensing a body's internal
temperature that was initially proposed in the 1980s. Since then, various MWR applications …

Imaging-based internal body temperature measurements: The journal Temperature toolbox

J Raiko, K Koskensalo, T Sainio - Temperature, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Noninvasive imaging methods of internal body temperature are in high demand in both
clinical medicine and physiological research. Thermography and thermometry can be used …

Design and optimization of an ultra wideband and compact microwave antenna for radiometric monitoring of brain temperature

DB Rodrigues, PF Maccarini, S Salahi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the modeling efforts on antenna design and frequency selection to monitor brain
temperature during prolonged surgery using noninvasive microwave radiometry. A tapered …

Non-invasive measurement of brain temperature with microwave radiometry: demonstration in a head phantom and clinical case

PR Stauffer, BW Snow, DB Rodrigues… - The …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This study characterizes the sensitivity and accuracy of a non-invasive microwave
radiometric thermometer intended for monitoring body core temperature directly in brain to …

Detection of vesicoureteral reflux using microwave radiometry—System characterization with tissue phantoms

K Arunachalam, P Maccarini, V De Luca… - IEEE Transactions …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microwave (MW) radiometry is proposed for passive monitoring of kidney temperature to
detect vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) of urine that is externally heated by a MW hyperthermia …

[HTML][HTML] Design of medical radiometer front-end for improved performance

Ø Klemetsen, Y Birkelund, SK Jacobsen… - … research B. Pier B, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We have investigated the possibility of building a singleband Dicke radiometer that is
inexpensive, small-sized, stable, highly sensitive, and which consists of readily available …

Self-balanced near-field microwave radiometer for passive tissue thermometry

JP Issac, SP Sugumar, K Arunachalam - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medical microwave radiometry is a near-field passive thermometry technique that requires
highly sensitive and stable receiver to gather and process the ultra-low power thermal …

Measurement of brown adipose tissue activity using microwave radiometry and 18F-FDG PET/CT

JP Crandall, P Gajwani, JP Leal… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the operating characteristics of a microwave
radiometry system in the noninvasive assessment of activated and nonactivated brown …

Microwave radiometry for noninvasive monitoring of brain temperature

DB Rodrigues, PR Stauffer, PJS Pereira… - … technologies for brain …, 2018 - Springer
Microwave radiometry is a passive and noninvasive technique that is able to measure deep
tissue temperature and track changes in thermal profiles in tissue up to 5 cm below the …