Medical Microwave Radiometry
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2036
Special Issue Editors
2. Okinawa Institute Science and Technology Graduate Universality, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
Interests: systems biology and medicine; microwave radiometry; metagenomics
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Interests: microwave radiometer; core body temperature; microwave antenna; microwave medical devices; breast cancer detection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Diagnostics is dedicated to Medical Microwave Radiometry for R&D and Practical Applications. Unlike infrared thermography, which visualizes the temperature of the skin, microwave radiometry (MWR) is based on the measurement of the tissue's own electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range. It allows for non-invasive detection of thermal anomalies of internal tissues at a depth of several centimeters. MWR can be used for non-invasive monitoring of the temperature of internal tissues during hypo- and hyper-thermia. It is known that the temperature of a malignant tumor depends on its growth rate; therefore, the temperature of the tumor is a natural indicator of the aggressiveness of the tumor. Diseases associated with inflammatory processes of internal tissues are the subjects of research by MWR. In addition, the technology can be used not only for diagnostics, but also to monitor the course of the treatment of diseases that are accompanied by changes in the temperature of internal tissues. Almost all human organs could be examined by MWR. The availability of non-expensive big MWR data has attracted the interest of machine learning specialists in order to improve the sensitivity and specificity of the method.
Prof. Dr. Igor Goryanin
Dr. Sergey G. Vesnin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microwave radiometry
- core body temperature
- breast cancer detection
- artificial intelligence
- COVID-19 pneumonia
- vulnerable plaque
- carotid
- hypothermia
- hyperthermia
- ischemic stroke
- traumatic brain injury rheumatoid arthritis
- diabetic foot
- brown adipose tissue activity
- vesicoureteral reflux
