Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring
Joint Authors
Crocco, Lorenzo
Tobon Vasquez, Jorge A.
Turvani, Giovanna
Bellizzi, Gennaro
Joachimowicz, Nadine
Duchêne, Bernard
Tedeschi, Enrico
Vipiana, Francesca
Scapaticci, Rosa
Casu, Mario R.
Source
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aim of this paper is to present and experimentally verify the first prototype of a microwave imaging system specifically designed and realized for the continuous monitoring of patients affected by brain stroke, immediately after its onset and diagnosis.
The device is a 2D version of the 3D system, currently under construction, and consists of an array of 12 printed monopole antennas connected to a two-port vector network analyzer through a switching matrix so that each antenna can act as a transmitter or receiver, thereby allowing the acquisition of the entire multistatic multiview scattering matrix required for the imaging.
The system has been experimentally tested on 2D phantoms with electric properties mimicking the brain.
The presence and the evolution of the stroke have been reproduced by filling a proper cavity in the phantom with a liquid having the electric properties of blood.
A differential approach has been adopted by acquiring the scattering matrix before and after the filling of the blood cavity.
The so achieved differential dataset has been processed by means of a linear imaging algorithm in order to reconstruct the stroke location and dimension.
Moreover, the effect of pre- and postprocessing operations on the measured data is investigated.
A good agreement has been obtained between the reconstructions and the actual scenario.
As a final remark, it is worth noting that the entire data acquisition and processing are sufficiently fast to allow a real-time monitoring.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Tobon Vasquez, Jorge A.& Scapaticci, Rosa& Turvani, Giovanna& Bellizzi, Gennaro& Joachimowicz, Nadine& Duchêne, Bernard…[et al.]. 2019. Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Tobon Vasquez, Jorge A.…[et al.]. Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Tobon Vasquez, Jorge A.& Scapaticci, Rosa& Turvani, Giovanna& Bellizzi, Gennaro& Joachimowicz, Nadine& Duchêne, Bernard…[et al.]. Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1158013
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1158013