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ArticleMedical & biological engineering & computing2021

A feasibility study on microwave imaging of bone for osteoporosis monitoring.

Bilal Amin, Atif Shahzad, Lorenzo Crocco, Mengchu Wang, Martin O'Halloran, Ana González-Suárez, Muhammad Adnan Elahi

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Article in Medical & biological engineering & computing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Bilal AminElectrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland. b.amin2@nuigalway.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-1387
Atif ShahzadSchool of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Lorenzo CroccoIREA-CNR, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
Mengchu WangIREA-CNR, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
Martin O'HalloranElectrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Ana González-SuárezElectrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Muhammad Adnan ElahiElectrical and Electronic Engineering, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IEIstituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente · IT

Funding

COST Action MyWAVE CA17115H2020 European Research Council BioElecPro n. 637780H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 764479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dielectric properties of bones are found to be influenced by the demineralisation of bones. Therefore, microwave imaging (MWI) can be used to monitor in vivo dielectric properties of human bones and hence aid in the monitoring of osteoporosis. This paper presents the feasibility analysis of the MWI device for monitoring osteoporosis. Firstly, the dielectric properties of tissues present in the human heel are analysed. Secondly, a transmission line (TL) formalism approach is adopted to examine the feasible frequency band and the matching medium for MWI of trabecular bone. Finally, simplified numerical modelling of the human heel was set to monitor the penetration of E-field, the received signal strength, and the power loss in a numerical model of the human heel. Based on the TL formalism approach, 0.6-1.9-GHz frequency band is found to feasible for bone imaging purpose. The relative permittivity of the matching medium can be chosen between 15 and 40. The average percentage difference between the received signal for feasible and inconvenient frequency band was found to be 82%. The findings based on the dielectric contrast of tissues in the heel, the feasible frequency band, and the finite difference time domain simulations support the development of an MWI prototype for monitoring osteoporosis.

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Microwave ImagingOsteoporosisBone and BonesFeasibility StudiesHumansMicrowavesDielectric propertiesFeasible frequency bandMicrowave imagingNumerical modellingOsteoporosis

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PMID33783696
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