TH-SP.1A: Applications of Electromagnetics and RF Techniques in Medicine and Biology |
| Session Type: Special Session Oral |
| Time: Thursday, July 13, 08:00 - 11:40 |
| Location: Grand Hall D |
| Session Chairs: J.-C. Chiao, University of Texas at Arlington and Gianluca Lazzi, University of Utah |
| 08:00 - 08:20 |
| TH-SP.1A.1: TOWARDS A MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTEGRATED MICROWAVE APPROACH FOR IMAGE-GUIDED THERMAL ABLATION OF CANCER |
| Luz Maria Neira, James Sawicki, Hung Luyen, Yahya Mohtashami, Barry Van Veen, Nader Behdad, Susan Hagness, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States |
| 08:20 - 08:40 |
| TH-SP.1A.2: STUDY OF PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS OF REAL-TIME MICROWAVE IMAGING OF TISSUE |
| Denys Shumakov, Daniel Tajik, Alex Beaverstone, Natalia Nikolova, McMaster University, Canada |
| 08:40 - 09:00 |
| TH-SP.1A.3: OVERVIEW OF HUMAN VITAL SIGNS DETECTION USING RADAR TECHNIQUES |
| Aly E. Fathy, Lingyun Ren, Sabikun Nahar, University of Tennessee, United States; Ozlem Kilic, The Catholic University of America, United States |
| 09:00 - 09:20 |
| TH-SP.1A.4: ELECTRICAL STIMULATION WAVEFORM DESIGN TOWARDS INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RETINA PROSTHETIC DEVICES |
| Kyle Loizos, Robert Marc, Gianluca Lazzi, University of Utah, United States |
| 09:20 - 09:40 |
| TH-SP.1A.5: AN APPROACH FOR CARDIOVASCULAR MONITORING BASED ON ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION |
| Gregory Karageorgos, Christos Manopoulos, Sokrates Tsangaris, Konstantina Nikita, National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
| 09:40 - 10:00 Break |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
| TH-SP.1A.6: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNOBTRUSIVE PATCH TO ACQUIRE EEG IN THE HOME SETTING FOR STUDIES OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE |
| Peter Ritchie, Daniel Schossow, Victor Ho, Manuja Sharma, University of Washington, United States; Yo-El Ju, Washington University at St. Louis, United States; Miranda Lim, Portlan VA Hospital, United States; J.-C. Chiao, The University of Texas at Arlington, United States; Hung Cao, University of Washington, United States |
| 10:20 - 10:40 |
| TH-SP.1A.7: NOVEL ON-BODY MICROWAVE ANTENNA ARRAY TESTBED FOR HIGHLY-SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS OF WRIST BONE SIGNATURE |
| Sergey N Makarov, NEVA Electromagnetics, LLC, United States; William Appleyard, Patrick D. Carberry, Harshal V Tankaria, Worcester Polytechnic Inst., United States; Gregory M Noetscher, NEVA Elevctromagnetics, LLC, United States; Ara Nazarian, Harvard Medical School, United States |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
| TH-SP.1A.8: EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF A CONFORMAL SCMR SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE DEVICES |
| Yonathan Bonan, Kun Bao, Carlos Flores, Kevin Baza, Stavros V. Georgakopoulos, Florida International University, United States |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
| TH-SP.1A.9: ON PNEUMOTHORAX DETECTION IN MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES REGION |
| Maria Christopoulou, Sofia Bakogianni, Stavros Koulouridis, University of Patras, Greece |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
| TH-SP.1A.10: WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER TO HIGH-VOLTAGE SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTS USING NEAR-FIELD CAPACITIVE COUPLING |
| Kush Agarwal, Rangarajan Jegadeesan, Yongxin Guo, Nitish Thakor, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
