Cemanur Aydinalp received the MyWave ITC grant to present her work in ACES conference in Miami, FL. Cemanur is a PhD candidate at Istanbul Technical University. Continue reading to learn about Cemanur’s experience in ACES.
During the 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, I presented a paper titled in vitro dielectric properties of rat skin tissue for microwave skin cancer detection. The work was based on MIcrowave Diagnosis of Breast Cancer with Open Ended Contact PRObes (MIDxPRO) project that has been conducted by Assist. Prof. Tuba Yilmaz Abdolsaheb who is a member of COST Science Communication Group. First, the characteristics of the dielectric properties of biological tissues explained, followed by how many techniques can measure the dielectric properties of biological tissues were given. I then explained the open-ended coaxial probe method in detail in terms of the advantages this technique provides. The second section was about implementing the method to dielectric properties of rat skin measurement in order to determine the dielectric properties of biological tissue anomalies, especially skin cancer. The result of relative permittivity and conductivity of rat skin tissue have been shown for three different probes designed by Mitos Medical Company. Also, the relative permittivity of rat skin tissue has been compared with two probes results in order to observe how sensing depth can be effected by aperture size. Finally, the aim of the study was carried out which is the elimination of probe-sample contact, equipment selection, and tissue sample heterogeneity confounders.
At the conference, I had the opportunity to meet with scientists working in the Applied Computational Electromagnetics. I had the chance to have a nice conversation with Professor John L. Volakis during the break. My presentation was the first presentation in the session of applied EM for Biomedical and IoT Technologies. The audience showed great interest in my presentation by asking a lot of questions regarding dielectric properties of biological tissue measurements via open-ended coaxial technique. The audience stated they would follow the results of cancer tissue with curiosity.
I would like to thank the COST Action CA17115 for making this experience possible. I look forward to more events like these where I can spread scientific knowledge while also acquiring new networking contacts.
