Microwave Scanner Wearable for Angiogenesis Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for detecting and diagnosing diseases, such as cancer, struggle to differentiate between various diseases based on thermal biomarkers, as they cannot accurately identify the 'heat source' causing the detected temperature increase in the human body.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising two microwave scanners, a multiple channel radiometer, a microwave switch network, a controller, a data transmission device, and a power source, integrated into a wearable garment, which scans and measures temperature differences in subcutaneous tissue to detect angiogenesis and transmit data to an electronic device for cloud-based analysis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If microwave scanners are used to detect thermal biomarkers, then temperature detection capability is improved, but the ability to differentiate between different diseases deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the detection process into multiple measurement modes: radiometric temperature measurement for deep tissue, contact temperature measurement for surface, and differential measurement to eliminate environmental interference. This segmentation allows the system to capture different aspects of thermal behavior to differentiate diseases
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes measurement parameters by switching between different temperature measurement modes (radiometric, contact, differential) and using multiple antennas with different characteristics. This allows extraction of multiple features from the same tissue to differentiate between various disease types
2Loss of information
If multiple measurement modes are implemented, then disease differentiation capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple measurement functions into a single integrated device that combines radiometric measurement, contact temperature measurement, and differential measurement capabilities. The microwave scanner integrates multiple antennas, switches, and measurement modes in one unified system, reducing the need for separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The microwave scanner is designed as a universal device that can perform multiple functions: radiometric temperature measurement, contact temperature measurement, differential measurement, and disease differentiation. The system uses a single device with configurable measurement modes rather than requiring multiple specialized devices
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables early detection and diagnosis of diseases by accurately identifying suspicious temperature sites in the body, providing non-invasive, efficient, and cost-effective disease screening and monitoring capabilities, including breast cancer detection.
Implementation Method 1
an antenna configured to receive microwaves from patient tissue
Implementation Method 2
the human body will naturally raise the temperature of the cancer cell to a degree that is higher than the surrounding healthy cells... This increase in cell temperature is called a thermal biomarker. Properly designed microwave scanners containing an antenna, a radiometer and related electronic devices can spot and detect the thermal biomarkers
Implementation Method 3
at least one temperature sensor located in close proximity to each antenna configured to take temperature measurements
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for detecting disease comprising a device for detecting angiogenesis and an electronic device. The device comprises two microwave scanners, at least one multiple channel radiometer, a microwave switch network, a controller, a data transmission device, and a power source. Each microwave scanner comprises a cup; a flexible printed circuit board, each circuit board comprising: a plurality of antenna modules coupled thereto, each antenna module comprising: an antenna, a multi-throw microwave switch, and a temperature sensor. The antenna is configured to receive microwaves thermal radiation from patient tissue and the radiometer is configured to measure microwaves thermal radiation emitted from patient tissue. The data transmission device is configured to wirelessly transmit measurement data collected by the controller from the radiometer and the temperature sensors to an electronic device and the electronic device is configured to transmit the measurement data to a cloud data storage.