Title:
A High-Efficiency Waveguide Applicator for In Vitro Exposure of Mammalian Cells at 1.95 GHz
Author(s):
Maria Lucia Calabrese, Guglielmo d’Ambrosio, Rita Massa, and Giovanni Petraglia
Source:
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
Vol./Issue/Date:
VOL. 54, NO. 5, MAY 2006
Year:
2006
Page(s):
2256-2264
Keywords:
Dosimetry, exposure setup, microwave, Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS).
Abstract:
A standardized exposure device for a set of in vitro
bioelectromagnetic experiments, to be carried out in different
laboratories under strictly standardized exposure conditions, was
designed and tested on the basis of efficiency and field uniformity
criteria. In particular, a WR-430 waveguide was chosen in order
to expose mammalian cells cultures at 1.95 GHz. The cells could
be exposed in either one, two, or four 35-mm Petri dishes filled
with 3-mL samples. Numerical and experimental dosimetry was
carried out in order to assess the optimum orientation and positioning
of the circular Petri dishes inside the simple waveguide
chamber, obtaining very satisfactory performances of the system
when the electric field is parallel to the sample. The efficiency
and the nonuniformity degree simulated were successfully verified
through measurements of the scattering parameters and local
temperature increases.
Document:
Reference Id:
313
Back to References
Please note that this is a collection of external publications.
CST respects the copyrights of the respective owners and as such can not distribute said publications.
Details of copyright ownership is provided to the best of our knowledge. Please contact the given references for further information.