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Near-field microwave diagnostics for medical applications

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We study both theoretically and experimentally the possibilities of detecting malignant tumor inside a human body using near-field microwave probing. Our theoretical analysis is based on the developed theory of near-field diagnostics of plane-layered media. We verified this theory experimentally under controlled conditions of water-medium probing. Model calculations of recorded tumor contrast as a function of the size and depth of the tumor are performed. Two-dimensional images of an object imitating the tumor are obtained for different depths of object immersion in water.

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  1. Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    A. N. Reznik & N. V. Yurasova

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 48, No. 10–11, pp. 990–996, October–November 2005.

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Reznik, A.N., Yurasova, N.V. Near-field microwave diagnostics for medical applications. Radiophys Quantum Electron 48, 882–887 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-006-0021-5

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