Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna

Implanted wireless biomedical devices represent a significant advancement in medical technology, offering continuous monitoring and targeted therapy. Antenna design for these devices requires careful modeling to ensure efficiency and safety, addressing challenges such as tissue heating and complianc...

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Main Authors: Ala Alemaryeen, Sima Noghanian
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10722868/
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description Implanted wireless biomedical devices represent a significant advancement in medical technology, offering continuous monitoring and targeted therapy. Antenna design for these devices requires careful modeling to ensure efficiency and safety, addressing challenges such as tissue heating and compliance with safety regulations. Specific absorption rate (SAR) analysis, commonly used to ensure safety, often overlooks factors that influence tissue temperature and heat transfer. Understanding heat generation within tissues due to factors like location, orientation, and radiation power is crucial for optimizing device performance. Simulation-driven design and additional computational and experimental studies are essential for patient safety and effective device evaluation. This article focuses on examining tissue temperature elevation near implanted antennas, specifically a simple dipole antenna, to identify design parameters that significantly impact thermal performance. Key parameters include body phantom type and size, thermal boundary conditions, bioheat model parameters, implantation depth, antenna orientation, and input power. The study aims to provide guidelines for designers on optimizing antenna parameters to accurately predict and manage biological tissue heating. It was found that the size of the phantom, blood perfusion, volume thermal losses, antenna orientation, and input power constitute the major effects on tissue heating. An experimental setup was used to help understand the effect of the antenna’s input power on the temperature distribution in the surrounding high dielectric constant material. A dipole antenna was inserted inside a distilled water tank, and the temperature was measured at three reference points surrounding the antenna. Simulation and measurement results were in good agreement supporting the proposed methodology.
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spelling doaj-art-03a1feabd3a74fdcb754dc12a802fe3c2025-08-20T02:36:44ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312024-01-01561539155010.1109/OJAP.2024.348327710722868Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole AntennaAla Alemaryeen0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9391-2188Sima Noghanian1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-3281Department of Computer Engineering and Communication, Tafila Technical University, Tafila, JordanCommScope Ruckus Networks, Sunnyvale, CA, USAImplanted wireless biomedical devices represent a significant advancement in medical technology, offering continuous monitoring and targeted therapy. Antenna design for these devices requires careful modeling to ensure efficiency and safety, addressing challenges such as tissue heating and compliance with safety regulations. Specific absorption rate (SAR) analysis, commonly used to ensure safety, often overlooks factors that influence tissue temperature and heat transfer. Understanding heat generation within tissues due to factors like location, orientation, and radiation power is crucial for optimizing device performance. Simulation-driven design and additional computational and experimental studies are essential for patient safety and effective device evaluation. This article focuses on examining tissue temperature elevation near implanted antennas, specifically a simple dipole antenna, to identify design parameters that significantly impact thermal performance. Key parameters include body phantom type and size, thermal boundary conditions, bioheat model parameters, implantation depth, antenna orientation, and input power. The study aims to provide guidelines for designers on optimizing antenna parameters to accurately predict and manage biological tissue heating. It was found that the size of the phantom, blood perfusion, volume thermal losses, antenna orientation, and input power constitute the major effects on tissue heating. An experimental setup was used to help understand the effect of the antenna’s input power on the temperature distribution in the surrounding high dielectric constant material. A dipole antenna was inserted inside a distilled water tank, and the temperature was measured at three reference points surrounding the antenna. Simulation and measurement results were in good agreement supporting the proposed methodology.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10722868/Implanted wireless biomedical devicesimplanted antennasbioheat equationelectromagnetic heatingsafety
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Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Implanted wireless biomedical devices
implanted antennas
bioheat equation
electromagnetic heating
safety
title Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
title_full Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
title_fullStr Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
title_full_unstemmed Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
title_short Electromagnetic and Thermal Co-Analysis of an Implanted Dipole Antenna
title_sort electromagnetic and thermal co analysis of an implanted dipole antenna
topic Implanted wireless biomedical devices
implanted antennas
bioheat equation
electromagnetic heating
safety
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