Browsing Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Scholarly Articles) by Author "La Gioia, Alessandra"
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An anatomically accurate dielectric profile of the porcine kidney
Salahuddin, Saqib; La Gioia, Alessandra; Shahzad, Atif; Elahi, Muhammad Adnan; Kumar, Arun; Kilroy, David; Porter, Emily; O'Halloran, Martin (IOP Publishing, 2018-02-26)Microwave ablation is a promising treatment for kidney cancer. Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of biological tissues is vital for quantifying the safety, reliability and accuracy of ablation, among other ... -
Challenges of post-measurement histology for the dielectric characterisation of heterogeneous biological tissues
La Gioia, Alessandra; O'Halloran, Martin; Porter, Emily (MDPI, 2020-06-09)The dielectric properties of biological tissues are typically measured using the open-ended coaxial probe technique, which is based on the assumption that the tissue sample is homogeneous. Therefore, for heterogeneous ... -
Investigation of histology radius for dielectric characterisation of heterogeneous materials
La Gioia, Alessandra; O'Halloran, Martin; Elahi, Muhammad Adnan; Porter, Emily (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018-07-13)Knowledge of the dielectric properties of biological tissues is fundamental in the design of novel electromagnetic-based medical devices. Tissue dielectric properties are typically measured using the open-ended coaxial ... -
Minimum information for dielectric measurements of biological tissues (MINDER): A framework for repeatable and reusable data
Porter, Emily; La Gioia, Alessandra; Salahuddin, Saqib; Decker, Stefan; Shahzad, Atif; Elahi, M. Adnan; O'Halloran, Martin; Beyan, Oya (Wiley, 2017-11-13)The dielectric properties of biological tissues characterise the interaction of human tissues with electromagnetic (EM) fields. Accurate knowledge of the dielectric properties of tissues are vital in EM‐based therapeutic ... -
Modeling of the dielectric properties of biological tissues within the histology region
Porter, Emily; La Gioia, Alessandra; Santorelli, Adam; O'Halloran, Martin (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017-11-27)The dielectric properties of biological tissues characterize the interaction of electromagnetic fields with the human body. As such, accurate knowledge of these properties is vital to the design and development of ... -
Modelling the sensing radius of a coaxial probe for dielectric characterisation of biological tissues
La Gioia, Alessandra; O'Halloran, Martin; Porter, Emily (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018-08-22)The open-ended coaxial probe is the most common measurement tool used to dielectrically characterize biological tissues. Most healthy and malignant biological tissues are macroscopically heterogeneous, with the exception ... -
Predicting the sensing radius of a coaxial probe based on the probe dimensions
La Gioia, Alessandra; Santorelli, Adam; O'Halloran, Martin; Porter, Emily (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020-05-19)The coaxial probe technique is used to acquire the dielectric properties of biological tissues in the microwave frequency range. To dielectrically characterize heterogeneous samples, the sensing radius of the probe must ... -
Quantification of the sensing radius of a coaxial probe for accurate interpretation of heterogeneous tissue dielectric data
La Gioia, Alessandra; Salahuddin, Saqib; O'Halloran, Martin; Porter, Emily (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018-05-31)Accurate tissue dielectric measurements are crucial for the development of electromagnetic diagnostic and therapeutic devices that are designed based on estimates of the dielectric properties of diseased and healthy tissues. ...