2021 journal article
Development of a conformal woven fabric antenna for wearable breast hyperthermia
FASHION AND TEXTILES, 8(1).
author keywords: Smart textiles; e-textiles; Wearable medical thermotherapy; Breast hyperthermia; Woven fabric antenna; Electromagnetic; Thermal simulations
TL;DR:
The porous nature of these textile materials enables construction of a lightweight and flexible antenna with a low dielectric loss for a more comfortable hyperthermia treatment, and suggests that the textile-based approach could be an effective solution for comfortable and long-term applications of breasthyperthermia therapy.
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Added: March 22, 2021
AbstractBreast hyperthermia is a non-invasive cancer treatment, where breast temperature is mildly elevated by a localized electromagnetic (EM) irradiation to deactivate and damage cancer cells. The emerging needs associated with this medical modality include the development of a highly wearable microwave applicator with a low power requirement to enable a more patient-friendly and continuous hyperthermia therapy. As a potential solution, we propose a textile antenna that consists of a copper-plated woven polyester fabric as a radiating patch and a ground plane and a woven polyester fabric as a dielectric substrate and a padding layer. The porous nature of these textile materials enables construction of a lightweight and flexible antenna with a low dielectric loss for a more comfortable hyperthermia treatment. By incorporating a synthetic breast tissue for a model study, the temperature rises were measured to be 3.3 °C and 1.9 °C at 5 mm and 15 mm depths, respectively, after 15 min of heating (input power of 1 W). This suggests that the textile-based approach could be an effective solution for comfortable and long-term applications of breast hyperthermia therapy.