Potential brain imaging using near field radiomety

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Title

Potential brain imaging using near field radiomety (EN)

Creator

Karanasiou, S (EN)

Oikonomou, A (EN)

Uzunoglu, K (EN)

Type

journalArticle (EN)

Partial document
Publication in journal (EN)

Article
Scientific article (EN)

Issued

2014-03-01T01:31:41Z

2009 (EN)

Year

2009 (EN)

Description

During the past decades there has been a tremendous increase throughout the scientific community for developing methods of understanding human brain functionality, as diagnosis and treatment of diseases and malfunctions could be effectively developed through understanding of how the brain works. In parallel, research effort is driven on minimizing drawbacks of existing imaging techniques including potential risks from radiation and invasive attributes of the imaging methodologies. Towards that direction, we are proposing a near filed radiometry imaging system for intracranial applications. The methodology is based on the fact that human tissues emit chaotic thermal type radiation at temperatures above the absolute zero. Using a phase shifted antenna array system, resolution, detection depth and sensitivity are increased. Several different setups are theoretically investigated and compared, so as to make the proposed system useful for clinical applications. Combining previous research as well as new findings, the possibility of using the proposed system as a complementary method for brain imaging is discussed in the present paper. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA. (EN)

Scientific field

Instruments & Instrumentation (EN)

Engineering and Technology ▶ Other Engineering and Technologies
Instruments and Instrumentation (EN)

Subject

FREQUENCY (EN)

Detector design and construction technologies and materials (EN)

Manufacturing (EN)

TISSUES (EN)

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY (EN)

Journal

Journal of Instrumentation (EN)

Language