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Nonsurgical method of detection of cancer using microwaves
Author(s) -
Lonappan Anil,
Bindu G.,
Thomas Vinu,
Jacob Joe,
Rajasekaran C.,
Mathew K. T.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.22792
Subject(s) - microwave , dielectric , lymph , microwave cavity , biomedical engineering , medicine , cancer detection , frequency band , cancer , materials science , electronic engineering , optoelectronics , pathology , electrical engineering , telecommunications , computer science , engineering , antenna (radio)
This communication presents a novel method of detection of cancer cells in lymph based on the measurement of the dielectric properties at microwave frequencies. The microwave measurements were performed by rectangular cavity perturbation method in the S‐band of microwave frequency with the lymph samples from healthy persons as well as from cancerous patients. It is noticed that a remarkable change in the dielectric properties of cancerous samples with the normal healthy samples and these measurements were in good agreement with clinical analysis. This measurement technique is simple and the cannulation of lymph from persons is least painful and nonsurgical in nature. These results prove an alternative in‐vitro method of diagnosing onset cancer abnormalities using microwaves without surgical procedure. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2559–2561, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22792