1. Application of microwave sensor technology in cardiovascular disease for plaque detection
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Wagner David, Vogt Sebastian, Jamal Farabi Ibne, Guha Subhajit, Wenger Christian, Wessel Jan, Kissinger Dietmar, Pitschmann Kai, Schumann Ulrich, Schmidt Bertram, and Detert Markus
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atherosclerosis ,cardivascular ,catheter ,electronic packaging ,microwave chip ,Medicine - Abstract
Arteriosclerosis and associated cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of mortality. Improved methods for vascular plaque detection allow early diagnose and better therapeutic options. Present diagnostic tools require intense technical expenditure and diminish value of modern screening methods. Our group developed an microwave sensor for on-site detection of plaque formation in arterial vessels. The sensor is an oscillator working around 27 GHz which is coupled to a microstrip stub line. The final flexible polyimid interposer has a length of 38 cm, a width of 1.2 mm and a thickness of 200 μm. Because of its minimal size the interposer completed a catheter with a diameter of 8F ready for further clinical use in cardiology and heart surgery.
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- 2016
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