{"title":"Design of Simultaneous Multi-beam Forming Method","authors":"Xiao Zhi, Kelin Huang, L. Ran","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790145","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, an array simultaneous multi-beam forming method based on an improved particle swarm algorithm is proposed. The improved algorithm uses a good-point set combined with opposition-based learning to initialize the particle swarm. Three parameters are also designed to balance the influence of inertial weight, personal experience, and social experience. Furthermore, to prevent falling into local optimal solution, twenty percent of particles with the worst fitness are disturbed based on the logistic chaotic equation in each iteration. At the same time, the algorithm uniformly quantizes the amplitude and phase of the element to satisfy the hardware requirements. Simulation verifies that the proposed method can simultaneously generate multiple beams with almost the same gain regardless of the size of the array, so it could be a good choice for communication systems and microwave imaging.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128427897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 94 GHz Slot Array Fed by a WR10 Interface","authors":"Kelin Huang, Xiaoli Zhi, L. Ran","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790270","url":null,"abstract":"Antenna array is an essential part of a terahertz (THz) imaging system. The development of THz antenna is mainly limited by the difficulty in micro-size fabricating and low efficiency caused by non-negligible dielectric and metal losses. This work proposes a structure of PCB-based stripline series-fed slot antenna array for THz high integrity application. To limit energy spreading, standing wave resonating cavity is built by surrounding each transmission channel with metallized vias based on through glass vias (TGV) process. The slots cut the current on the surface of the resonating cavity, thereby generating radiation. A 94GHz slot array prototype is designed and tested, fed by a WR10 interface, with the help of a dumbbell-shaped coupling slot etched on the ground, who functions as a waveguide-stripline transition structure. A metal base and a protective lid are also designed to facilitate testing. The simulation results of this prototype show that the antenna has an efficiency of 78.2%, a gain of 10.7 dB, and a bandwidth of 1.8% (93 GHz ∼94.7 GHz) with |S11| < −10 dB. Due to the dielectric constant and machining error, the measured resonant frequency deviates from the simulated one 3%. Based on this structure, highly integrated sub-terahertz (sub-THz) or THz array with high gain and low loss can be implemented and applied in imaging systems.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129145452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine Learning for Bioelectromagnetics and Biomedical Engineering: Some Sample Applications","authors":"Alfredo De Cillis, L. Tarricone, M. Zappatore","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790162","url":null,"abstract":"In a recent paper we have introduced the use of Machine-Learning to improve the effectiveness of electroporation treatments. On the basis of a wide literature analysis, and after building up a solid knowledge repository, we were able to build up an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) so to predict the impact of the treatment in terms of ablation area. In this paper, we demonstrate that the same approach can be extended so to allow the optimum choice and tuning of some parameters with an important impact on the quality of the treatment, such as the position of the electrodes, their size, geometry, etc. This allows the customization of the treatment to a wider variety of diseases, and its tailoring on specific cases or patients. We finally propose the extension of the ANN approach to a novel application area, extremely important in many biomedical applications: gesture recognition. We demonstrate that the approach, combined with the use of a special glove using chipless RF tags, can be effective in the detection of the movements of fingers in a human hand. For this application, we also investigate some open problems and future developments.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125652566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel ST-DFnT based Parameter Estimation for LFM Signals","authors":"Pingping Wang, Jingqi Wang, H. Zeng","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790092","url":null,"abstract":"Because of the important role that linear frequency modulation (LFM) signals play in new radar systems, the problem of LFM detection and parameter estimation have received more attention from researchers recently. In this paper, a new parameter estimation method of LFM signal is proposed. Firstly, the Scaled Transform Discrete Fresnel Transform (ST-DFnT) is constructed, which is composed of a group of orthogonal chirp bases with variable chirp rate. Then, based on this transform, the estimation of LFM signal frequency modulation slope, initial frequency and amplitude are realized. Simulation results illustrate the superiority of the proposed method in computational complexity.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123483708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theory and Applications in Biomedical Engineering after Discovering a New Human Organ “Interstitium”","authors":"Johnson J. H. Wang","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790220","url":null,"abstract":"In 2018 “Interstitium” was discovered as a new human organ. It was observed that the structure of Interstitium closely resembled Jī ng Luò in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). As TCM has not been recognized as a science in spite of its 47-century history, we latched TCM onto Interstitium, then distilling and synthesizing TCM to conform to modern sciences, thus raised TCM to an experimental science. We then formulated a theory of Chee for this experimental science, resulting in a Scientific TCM (STCM). Biomedical applications for STCM and the theory of Chee are discussed. It is expected that the research is leading to new scientific discoveries as well as new diagnostic and therapeutic instrumentation and procedures—with robotic and even supernatural potential—from the vast inheritance of TCM accumulated since 2700 BC.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126319495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-time Monitoring of Vital Signs based on Miniaturized Ultra-wideband Radar","authors":"Yuchao Guo, Naike Du, Xiuzhu Ye","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790228","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a miniaturized ultra-wideband frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar for health monitoring purpose. The radio frequency (RF) front-end and digital processing back-end are integrated into a single PCB, which is quite compact and portable. Experiment for real-time monitoring of human vital signs is implemented to verify the performance of the radar.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121745389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Omnidirectional Wireless Power Charging System for Capsule Endoscopy","authors":"Chen Gao, Haotong Zhang, Yongxin Guo","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790217","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an omnidirectional wireless power charging system for capsule endoscopy. The transmitting coil consists of three segments where the arrangement can provide a more homogeneous magnetic field. Working at around 100kHz, the receiving coil is winded in three directions in order to realize the omnidirectional receiving regardless of the alignment between the transmitting coil and the receiving coil. The experiment illustrates that the system is capable of providing an output power of 20dBm with efficiency of 1%.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125253363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meng Zhang, T. Markovic, Jorge Barrasa Fano, Mar Condor Salgado, I. Ocket, H. Van Oosterwyck, B. Nauwelaers
{"title":"Microwave Interferometric on-chip Measurement of the Collagen Gel","authors":"Meng Zhang, T. Markovic, Jorge Barrasa Fano, Mar Condor Salgado, I. Ocket, H. Van Oosterwyck, B. Nauwelaers","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790253","url":null,"abstract":"A highly sensitive microwave interferometric sensor system for on-chip measurement of biogenic materials is presented in this paper. Based on the proposed wave-tracing method for signal analysis, we provided suggestions on optimization of the system and sensitivity improvement. The validation measurements on the collagen gel show that the proposed tapered CPW sensor has relatively smaller electrical double layer effects than the dielectric probe, which enables it to monitor the permittivity change caused by collagen gel polymerization.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131103613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. J. Babarinde, Peyman Pourmohammadi, G. Vandenbosch, D. Schreurs
{"title":"Impact of Array Antenna Types on Heart Rate Monitoring Radar","authors":"O. J. Babarinde, Peyman Pourmohammadi, G. Vandenbosch, D. Schreurs","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790272","url":null,"abstract":"Antennas, as the front-end device of wireless RF systems, influence system performance. The impact of gain, aperture efficiency, and polarization of array antennas on the measurement of heart rate with a radar sensor is assessed in this work. Results suggest the use of low gain linearly polarized array antenna at the transmitter and high gain linearly polarized or circularly polarized array antenna at the receiver for more accurate measurement of heart rate.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128090524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vital Signs Monitoring via Millimeter-Wave Full-Field Micromotion Sensing","authors":"Songxu Li, Yuyong Xiong, X. Shen, Zhike Peng","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790163","url":null,"abstract":"Vital signs monitoring plays an essential role in physical health management. To this end, the contact techniques of electrocardiograms and smart bracelets have been widely studied, but there remain limitations, such as comfort, skin disease patients, and long-term monitoring. In this paper, a novel vital signs monitoring method based on millimeter-wave full-field micromotion sensing (MFMS) is presented to tackle the problems in the synchronous measurement of respiration and heartbeat of existing radar-based approaches. The overview and the principle of the proposed method are firstly depicted. The detailed procedures are then illustrated, including human body positioning, chest displacement extraction, vital signs monitoring, and heart rate variability (HRV) assessment. Finally, experimental results are presented to validate the performance of the proposed method, showing great potential in healthcare and smart home.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134374725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}