Print Email Facebook Twitter Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Ablation of Female Breast Tumors Title Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Ablation of Female Breast Tumors Author Brink, W.M. Contributor Kooij, B.J. (mentor) Lager, I.E. (mentor) Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Department Telecommunications Programme Microwave Technology and Systems for Radar Date 2010-09-17 Abstract Breast cancer is the most common malignant tumor among women today. Available techniques for treating breast cancer often introduce strong side effects. The non-invasive electromagnetic ablation of breast tumors has a lot of potential, because it can provide a quick treatment modality without introducing harmful side effects. In this project we assess the feasibility of non-invasive electromagnetic ablation of female breast tumors. The two main challenges in this project are: 1. The computation of electromagnetic fields inside the female breast. 2. The focussing of power such that the power dissipated in the tumor is maximized while the power dissipated in healthy tissue is minimized. In our investigation we simulate a two-dimensional configuration with a circular array of line-sources operating at a single-frequency within the range of 1 to 10 GHz. The electromagnetic fields are computed using a discretized EFIE method, after which we evaluate three algorithms that focus the dissipated power in order to gain insight in the potential of this treatment modality. Subject electromagneticsbreastcancertreatmenttherapyhyperthermiathermalablationantennaarrayoptimizationscattering To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bccecdeb-c382-445e-bf2f-62b4fcff7a78 Embargo date 2010-09-28 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2010 Brink, W.M. Files PDF Wyger Brink2 - MSc Thesis.pdf 1.78 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:bccecdeb-c382-445e-bf2f-62b4fcff7a78/datastream/OBJ/view