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A method for in vivo detection of abnormal subepidermal tissues based on dielectric properties

Issue title: Frontiers in Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology – Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology, 25–28 September 2014, Beijing, China

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Zhang, Liang | Liu, Peiguo | Dong, Xiuzhen | Zhou, Dongming; | Shi, Xuetao;

Affiliations: College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, P.R. China | State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environmental Effects on Electronics & Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, P.R. China | Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China

Note: [] Corresponding authors: Dongming Zhou, State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environmental Effects on Electronics & Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 0731 84576219; Fax: +86 0731 84576219; E-mail: [email protected]. Xuetao Shi, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 029 84776397; Fax: +86 029 84776397; E-mail: [email protected].

Note: [] Corresponding authors: Dongming Zhou, State Key Laboratory of Complex Electromagnetic Environmental Effects on Electronics & Information System, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410073, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 0731 84576219; Fax: +86 0731 84576219; E-mail: [email protected]. Xuetao Shi, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China. Tel.: +86 029 84776397; Fax: +86 029 84776397; E-mail: [email protected].

Keywords: Coaxial probe, dielectric properties, scanning imaging, simulated annealing, subepidermal tissues

DOI: 10.3233/BME-141170

Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 3455-3462, 2014

Published: 2014
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Abstract

In this paper, a convenient and noninvasive scanning imaging method using microwave frequency band for abnormal subepidermal tissues detection is proposed in the aim to improve diagnosis and prognosis in clinical environments. This method is based on the reflective detection technology with coaxial probe that is used to measure the dielectric properties of tissues. An improved equivalent circuit and simulated annealing algorithm (SA) were used in this work to analyze the dielectric properties of tissues. Computational simulations incorporating a simplified model of subcutaneous hemorrhage described in this work were used to evaluate this method. The dielectric properties data of tissues in the model of simulation is derived from the literature. The simulation results demonstrated the potential of this method to detect abnormal subepidermal tissues conveniently and expose them in the image accurately.

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