Abstract: A method of determining a focusing parameter of electromagnetic waves in an electromagnetic wave energy treatment system and an electromagnetic wave energy treatment system are provided. The method includes determining an initial focusing parameter based on a tomographic image of an object, predicting a temperature change of the object, when assuming that electromagnetic waves are irradiated to the object according to the initial focusing parameter, determining a final focusing parameter by optimizing a focusing parameter according to a prediction result of the temperature change, and irradiating electromagnetic waves to the object according to the final focusing parameter, wherein the prediction result of the temperature change may indicate whether an unnecessary focusing point has occurred in the object.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for focusing radio wave energy are disclosed. According to an embodiment of a present disclosure, a method for focusing radio wave energy includes obtaining one or more internal tomographic images of a subject. The method also includes converting the one or more internal tomographic images into one or more numerical models. The method also includes calculating one or more first focusing parameters. The method also includes obtaining an image of the subject by monitoring the subject. The method also includes determining whether a second focusing parameter exists among the one or more first focusing parameters. The method also includes determining a final focusing parameter. The method also includes irradiating a lesion existing inside the subject with the radio wave energy using the final focusing parameter.

Abstract: A method of focusing radio wave energy at a focusing target point, which is performed by a processor, may comprise: generating an electromagnetic numerical model of an object including the focusing target point; predicting radio wave focusing points inside the object using radio wave characteristic information of a radio wave radiation module and the electromagnetic numerical model; optimizing one or more focusing parameters such that radio wave energy reaching one or more unnecessary focusing points other than the focusing target point among the radio wave focusing points inside the object is reduced; and radiating radio waves based on the optimized focusing parameters.

Abstract: A method of focusing radio waves, which is performed by a processor, may comprise: generating an anatomic numerical model for electromagnetic analysis inside a living body including a focusing target; calculating a current distribution, in which radio waves are focusable at a target depth inside the living body, based on the anatomic numerical model; and extracting a pattern combination of antenna modules in which the calculated current distribution is implementable, wherein the pattern combination is formed by controlling one or more antenna elements configured to radiate radio waves through switches individually coupled to two or more antenna elements.

Abstract: Disclosed are a deep body spread microwave hyperthermia device for personal uses and an operation method thereof. The operating method may include generating a control signal to control patches attached to the skin of a user, dividing the control signal into a first signal and a second signal having a phase different from a phase of the first signal, transmitting the first signal and the second signal to patches attached to different positions, among the patches, and producing hyperthermia in a body of the user by radiating radio waves based on the first signal or the second signal received by each of the patches.

Abstract: Provided are a heat treatment device and a method and apparatus for detecting an abnormality in the heat treatment. The heat treatment device includes a radio wave signal generator configured to generate target radio wave signals for heat treatment, a radio wave signal transmitter which includes an antenna configured to transmit the target radio wave signals to a body, a radio wave signal detector configured to detect the target radio wave signals from the antenna, a ratio information determiner configured to determine ratio information about a signal phase and a signal strength by comparing a reference target radio wave signal included in the detected target radio wave signals and each of the other target radio wave signals, and an abnormality occurrence determiner configured to determine whether an abnormality occurs in the heat treatment device based on the determined ratio information and predefined reference ratio information.

Abstract: Provided is a device for microwave hyperthermia that may attach a flexible patch on the skin of a user based on a cross-section of a body tissue of the user, for example, a joint and muscle of a leg and an arm and may emit microwaves towards a plurality of points of the body tissue through the patch. The microwaves emitted toward the body tissue may have the same phase and maximum power. Accordingly, a maximum heat generation point may be generated in an area adjacent to the plurality of points. The device for microwave hyperthermia may move the maximum heat generation point by sequentially changing a phase and a direction of each of the microwaves. The device for microwave hyperthermia may uniformly distribute and maintain heat for treating pain and/or infection over the entire cross-section or a partial area. The device for microwave hyperthermia may be portable.

Abstract: A microwave heat spread apparatus and an operating method thereof are provided. The microwave heat spread apparatus includes: a plurality of antennas respectively disposed at a plurality of positions of the human body and radiating microwaves into the human body; a plurality of channel transceivers respectively connected to the plurality of antennas and configured to transmit and receive the microwaves through a corresponding antenna; a transmission signal distributor configured to distribute a signal to each of the plurality of channel transceivers; a controller configured to control transmission and reception of signals through the channel transceivers; and a detector configured to detect a difference between a signal received through a channel transceiver after passing through the human body and a signal before passing through the human body.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method of radiating wave energy available for unmanned automatic operation and apparatuses for performing the same. The method includes obtaining a dielectric characteristic of a object by performing a reconstruction calculation based on a scattered signal that is scattered from the object and pre-measured information on the object, determining a wave radiation parameter for adjusting energy of a wave to be radiated to a lesion of the object by performing a characteristic analysis operation based on the dielectric characteristic, and determining the energy of the wave to be high-power energy based on the wave radiation parameter.

Abstract: Disclosed are a deep body spread microwave hyperthermia device for personal uses and an operation method thereof. The operating method may include generating a control signal to control patches attached to the skin of a user, dividing the control signal into a first signal and a second signal having a phase different from a phase of the first signal, transmitting the first signal and the second signal to patches attached to different positions, among the patches, and producing hyperthermia in a body of the user by radiating radio waves based on the first signal or the second signal received by each of the patches.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a microwave signal processing method and apparatus which precisely focus a microwave onto a specific part of a biological tissue and rapidly images a temperature distribution in the biological tissue generated thereby.

Abstract: A coaxial resonance coil having a toroidal shape for wireless power transmission is provided. The coaxial resonance coil may include a central conductive wire used as a power feeding loop for indirectly feeding power to a resonance coil, and an outer conductive wire used as a resonance coil which is wound a plurality of turns in a toroidal shape around the central conductive wire as an axis.

Abstract: Provided is a device for microwave hyperthermia that may attach a flexible patch on the skin of a user based on a cross-section of a body tissue of the user, for example, a joint and muscle of a leg and an arm and may emit microwaves towards a plurality of points of the body tissue through the patch. The microwaves emitted toward the body tissue may have the same phase and maximum power. Accordingly, a maximum heat generation point may be generated in an area adjacent to the plurality of points. The device for microwave hyperthermia may move the maximum heat generation point by sequentially changing a phase and a direction of each of the microwaves. The device for microwave hyperthermia may uniformly distribute and maintain heat for treating pain and/or infection over the entire cross-section or a partial area. The device for microwave hyperthermia may be portable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a microwave output method and apparatus for thermotherapy. The microwave output method may include performing a forward analysis using a mapping model corresponding to a target point of an object, performing a reverse analysis based on forward analysis data for the forward analysis, and outputting a signal to the target point from each of a plurality of antennas based on reverse analysis data for the reverse analysis.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transceiver of outputting a microwave signal and a therapy system including the transceiver, the transceiver including a signal attenuator to control an intensity of a microwave signal based on corrected information, a phase shifter to control a phase of the microwave signal based on the corrected information, a signal switch to control a turning-on/off of the microwave signal based on on/off information, a power amplifier to amplify the microwave signal, a detector to calculate a difference between the microwave signal and a result of the amplifying, and a self-monitoring controller to generate the corrected information based on the difference, phase information, and intensity information, output the corrected information to the signal attenuator and the phase shifter, generate the on/off information, and output the on/off information to the signal switch.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for reconstructing an image using a microwave. The apparatus includes: a microwave measurement unit configured to obtain a microwave measurement value for a microwave measurement object; and an image reconstruction unit configured to perform an image reconstruction by using the microwave measurement value and shape boundary information of the object.

Abstract: A phase measurement method in a microwave tomography system may include transmitting a first Tx frequency signal, receiving a signal corresponding to the first Tx frequency signal, and measuring a first phase value; transmitting a second Tx frequency signal separated by a predetermined discrete frequency from the first Tx frequency signal, receiving a signal corresponding to the second Tx frequency signal, and measuring a second phase value; calculating a first phase difference based on a difference between the first and second phase values; calculating a second phase difference based on the discrete frequency; and determining an unwrapped phase value through comparison between the first and second phase differences.

Abstract: A coaxial resonance coil having a toroidal shape for wireless power transmission is provided. The coaxial resonance coil may include a central conductive wire used as a power feeding loop for indirectly feeding power to a resonance coil, and an outer conductive wire used as a resonance coil which is wound a plurality of turns in a toroidal shape around the central conductive wire as an axis.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for reconstructing an image using a microwave. The apparatus includes: a microwave measurement unit configured to obtain a microwave measurement value for a microwave measurement object; and an image reconstruction unit configured to perform an image reconstruction by using the microwave measurement value and shape boundary information of the object.

Abstract: According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a microwave tomography apparatus is an apparatus which measures microwave tomograph of a subject which is inserted into a medium container including: a plurality of antennas which is located in the medium container and transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave; a plurality of transceivers which, when a radio wave signal transmitted from one of the plurality of antennas is simultaneously received by the remaining antennas of the plurality of antennas, measures intensity and phase information of the radio wave signal received from the remaining antennas; and a controller which generates an image using the values measured by the plurality of transceivers.