MyWave Meeting July 8-9 2019 in Sibiu, Romania.

Published on 02/09/2019

MyWave Cost Action meeting focusing on the topics of working group 1 and 2 (dielectric and thermal properties & thermal therapies) was successfully completed between July 8-9 in Sibiu, Romania. Several presentations on dielectric properties, dielectric property metadata, thermal properties of biological tissues, and magnetic hyperthermia were delivered by the MyWave cost action members. The following are a list of topics addressed during this meeting:

Dielectric Measurement of Tissues (WG1)

  • “Dielectric Measurement Metadata and the MINDER Framework”, Emily Porter, Ireland.
  • “The effect of temperature dependent calibrations on dielectric measurements”, Julian Bonello, Malta.
  • “Open-Ended Coaxial Dielectric Probe Sensing Depth Analysis–Simulation Study”, Anđela Matković and Antonio Šarolić, Croatia.
  • “Controlled Environment for Dielectric Measurement by Limiting Dehydration”, Gertjan Maenhout, Belgium.
  • “Application of machine learning to predict dielectric properties of in vivo biological tissue”, Branislav Gerazov, North Macedonia.
  • “Temperature dependent permittivity and conductivity measurements of porcine tissues” Marko Helbig, Germany.
  • “Round table with WG1” led by Raquel Conceição, Portugal; and Ilja Ocket, Belgium.

Thermal properties of Tissues (WG1 & WG2)

  • “Measurement of thermal properties of ex vivo liver tissue as a function of the temperature”, Marta Cavagnaro, Italy.
  • “Thermal properties workshop”, Laura Farina, Ireland.
  • “Thermal modelling status”, Maarten Paulides, Netherlands.
  • “MR HT and MRT based thermal tissue properties extraction”, Gennaro Bellizzi, Netherlands.

Magnetic Hyperthermia (WG2)

  • “Current outlook and perspectives on nanoparticle-mediated magnetic hyperthermia”, Daniel Ortega, Spain
  • “A Computational Study of the bioheat transfer in the Magnetic Hyperthermia – Cancer Therapy”, Iordana Astefanoaei, Romania
  • “Influence of geometrical properties and concentration on the specific loss power of magnetic nanomaterials”, Alessandra Manzin, Italy
  • “Ways to optimize magnetic particle hyperthermia efficiency”, Eirini Myrovali, Greece