Task 9 - EM device for cerebrovascular diseases imaging

 

POLITO , supervisor Prof. F. Vipiana, ESR D. Rodriguez-Duarte.

This task pursues the development of the prototype of a mobile device for imaging cerebrovascular diseases (stroke, haemorrhage and hematoma). The transmitting and receiving microwave antennas, part of the device, will be designed (in collaboration with ESR5), and its layout optimized using the 3-D full-wave EM modelling tool in Task 3.1 (ESR6). The imaging algorithms for medical diagnosis devices, developed in Task 3.2 (ESR7), will be tested and tailored to the designed device. Thee realized antennas and the ad-hoc RF front-end system, customized for the proposed technique (Task 2.2, ESR4), will be integrated in the device. Finally, extensively tests with the phantoms in Task 1.1 (ESR1) will be performed in various experiments mimicking different conditions. Clinical partners INSEL and UP7 will be major players in this task in assessing the achieved performance as compared with the clinical needs.

Objectives:

  • Antenna design and layout optimization by means of the WIPL-D 3D full-wave EM modeling tool
  • Testing and assessment of the imaging algorithms for medical diagnosis devices developed in Task 3.2
  • Antennas realization and characterization
  • Integration in the realized EM device of the ad-hoc radiofrequency front-end system, customized for the proposed imaging technique (Task 2.2)
  • Extensively testing with the anthropomorphic phantoms (realized in Task 1.1) in various experiments mimicking different conditions

Expected Results:

  • Full-fledged system level simulations of the designed EM device
  • Realization of a non-invasive, safe, portable and cost-efficient microwave imaging device able to image the features of the affected brain tissues