{"id":471,"date":"2020-06-11T20:14:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/mywave\/?p=471"},"modified":"2020-06-11T20:14:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T20:14:27","slug":"dr-iman-farhat-received-an-itc-grant-to-participate-in-iceaa-ieee-apwc-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/projects\/mywave\/announcement\/dr-iman-farhat-received-an-itc-grant-to-participate-in-iceaa-ieee-apwc-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Iman Farhat received an ITC grant to participate in ICEAA-IEEE APWC 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In relation to Electromagnetic\nResearch Group (EMRG) at the Physics department, University of Malta, work on\nElectromagnetic applications to biomedicine, I have participated in the ICEAA-IEEE APWC 2019 conference through a MyWave ITC grant. The conference was held during\nSeptember 9 -13, 2019, in Granada, Spain. Three papers, one of which I was the main\nauthor and two co-authored with my colleague,s were accepted and presented:\n\u201dWIDEBAND MODELLING OF THE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF MUSCLE AS A FUNCTION OF\nHYDRATION\u2019\u2019,  \u201cPRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE\nINTER-AND INTRA-SPECIES VARIABILITY FOR THE DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY OF ANIMAL\nKIDNEY\u2019\u2019, and \u2018\u2019AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF CALNN CAPPED GOLD\nNANOPARTICLES FOR IMPROVING MICROWAVE HEATING\u2019\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My paper presentation entitled \u2018\u2019Wideband\nModelling of the dielectric Properties of Muscles as a Function of Hydration \u2018\u2019\nwas convened on Wednesday 11th of September 2019 (15:40-16:00) during the\nsession title Electromagnetic applications to bio-medicine. The chair of this\nsession was Prof G. Lazzi and co-chaired by Prof K. Saito. The motivation of\nour EMRG group contribution to this conference was to shed light on our group’s\nextensive research being conducted in the Electromagnetic Lab at physics department\nworldwide and collaborate with other research groups and projects. Our work centres\naround dielectric spectroscopy of biological tissues, where the knowledge of\nthese properties is essential for a wide variety of medical applications to\nsuitably model the medical procedure. Essentially, we focus on Electromagnetic\nwaves in the microwave frequency range because they offer a possibility to\nexamine and treat cancerous biological tissues by means of microwave\nhyperthermia and microwave ablation which are the core of our ongoing quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presentation started with a brief\nintroduction and background on the presented topic, and the main methodology\nfactors exploited in the study and was illustrated. Along the results given the\nsalient conclusions of the study, the outcome of our promising studies were\nalso discussed.The main motivation of this work is to verify the proposed\nmimicking solution made out of specific materials to match the respective\nphysical characteristics of a biological tissue they have to mimic as a\nfunction of dehydration levels. Finally, the main outcomes of the preliminary\nstudy were presented in the results section. At the end of my talk I received\ndifferent interesting questions. This study provides the groundwork for future\nstudies which I will carry on.  I would\nlike to express my gratitude to the COST Action CA17115 for making this\nexperience possible. I look forward to participating in more events like these\nnot only to share and gain scientific knowledge while also acquiring new networking\ncontacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                                                            Dr.\nIman Farhat<\/p>\n\n\n\n