Electromagnetic (EM) technologies are nowadays an essential part of clinical practice: RF minimally-invasive tools and ablation treatments have drastically changed surgery rooms; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the gold standard of medical diagnostics and EM Hyperthermia is growing as an effective adjuvant anticancer treatment. In addition, other applications are rapidly emerging, such as microwave imaging, and the advent of nanotechnologies can lead to completely new developments, including remote control of drug delivery and biological processes. This course aims at introducing this vibrant and interdisciplinary area into the Antenna (and Electromagnetic) Community, providing the ability to understand the issues of medical applications of EM fields. It is primarily conceived for Doctoral students and researchers with an engineering or physics background. In this cross-disciplinary course, instructors from EM engineering, physics, biology and clinical communities will be involved.
The course is co-organized with:
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action EMERALD – ElectroMagnetic imaging for a novel genERation of medicAL Devices
- COST ACTION CA17115 MyWAVE – European network for advancing Electromagnetic hyperthermic medical technologies
The flyer of the course can be downloaded here.