BY, GUIDED BY,

CIJU VARGHESE ANJALI. R

S7 EC B ASST. PROF.
R.NO 10 EC DEPT.

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 Stroke is the No.3 cause of death.
(#1 – Heart Disease, #2 – Cancer)

 5 million people/year die and another 5 million

are permanently disabled.

 Every 3.1 minutes someone dies of a stroke.

 Time is a crucial factor.

 For neurologists “time is brain”.

 Limitations of current diagnosis.

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 Brain tissues are damaged from a sudden loss
of blood flow, resulting in a loss of
neurological function
 Types:
 Ischemic stroke (85%) is blood flow is blocked to
the brain.
 Hemorrhagic Stroke (15%) is bleeding occurs from
vessels within the brain.

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 tPA (Tissue Plasminogen Activator)

 is a clot-busting drug

 It dissolves blood clots obstructing blood flow

to the brain.

 Medical Surgery

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 Microwave property of non-ionising radiations.

 Zero side effects to body.

 Relatively cheap,compact,portable technology.

 Vast
research and development in Microwave
Tomography(MWT).

 Exploits dielectric variations in brain.

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Consists of:

A helmet-like antenna system which is placed on

the patient’s head.
A microwave unit plus a computer for equipment
control, data collection.

Signal Processing.

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10 triangular patch antennas.

Power input is 1mW.

Frequency Range 0.3-3.0GHz

A liquid(water) bag is placed

between antenna and skull.
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Data from each channel is pre-processed.

The total output signal power is made equal.

Data is transformed by an algorithm.

Full reconstruction of dielectric parameters

algorithm is used.

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Specificity v/s Sensitivity is plotted.

Area under curve(AUC) should be between 0.5 and 1.

Better performance to detect ICH v/s healthy(AUC=0.88).

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