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. 2023 Feb 16;56(6):419–423. doi: 10.1007/s10527-023-10248-0

Medical Antennas for Microwave Radiothermometry of Biological Objects

M K Sedankin 1,2,3,✉, V Yu Leushin 3, S V Agasieva 4, A G Gudkov 5, S G Vesnin 3, I O Porokhov 3, E A Gudkov 1, A V Osipova 2, A Yu Antonenkova 4
PMCID: PMC9933014  PMID: 36819989

Abstract

The results of an analytical review of various antennas used in medicine are presented. Issues of modern microwave radiothermometry related to the development of new antennas are discussed, as well as possible ways to solve them. The tasks of further research aimed at creating new designs for conformal antennas and antenna arrays providing a significant expansion of the functionality and improvements in the characteristics of medical radiothermographs are formulated. The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Grant No. 22-19-00113), https://rscf.ru/project/22-19-00113/.

Footnotes

Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 56, No. 6, Nov.–Dec., 2022, pp. 33–36.

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