pp. 2943-2959
S&M1731 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2018.1965 Published: December 18, 2018 Antenna Sensor for Radio-wave-type Endoscope [PDF] Takafumi Fujimoto, Keiya Kawashima, Genki Horiguchi, and Toshiyuki Tanaka (Received April 16, 2018; Accepted November 12, 2018) Keywords: endoscope, antenna sensor, radio wave, blood vessel, medical application
In this paper, an antenna sensor for a radio-wave-type endoscope to detect a blood vessel in fatty tissue is proposed. The antenna sensor consists of one transmitting antenna and two receiving antennas. As the antenna element, microstrip antennas are used. The relationships between the antenna arrangement and the magnitude of the reflected wave from the blood vessel are discussed using a 2.5-times scale simulation model. In the simulation, it is confirmed that the blood vessel of 10 mm diameter can be detected at a distance of 10 mm from the top surface of the fatty tissue in the 2.5-times scale model using the proposed antenna sensor.
Corresponding author: Takafumi FujimotoCite this article Takafumi Fujimoto, Keiya Kawashima, Genki Horiguchi, and Toshiyuki Tanaka, Antenna Sensor for Radio-wave-type Endoscope, Sens. Mater., Vol. 30, No. 12, 2018, p. 2943-2959. |