Research Project:

Detecting disease using microwaves

Instructor:
Dr. Wasif Khan

Team:
Talha Tahir
Lala Rukh
Ali Mannan Tirmizi
Current Work in Progress

Continuing our SRP on non invasive glucose monitoring techniques we

are working on fabricating a sensor for measuring glucose levels in
blood.
Main reference is Hofmann et al paper titled: Microwave-Based
Noninvasive Concentration Measurements for Biomedical Applications
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=6480899
Objective is to develop a wrist mountable device for glucose monitoring
Already work done is to sweep the sample over a range of 0-40 Ghz. We
aim to find an optimal frequency to improve the sensor.
 Two of the proposed layouts

Reflectometer VNA
Proposed offshoot to research

In several papers it has been proposed that varying dielectric

coefficients using microwaves can detect a host of diseases, some
literature reviewed is as follows:

Typhoid and blood cholesterol levels:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.22512/epdf
Lymphatic filariasis: http://
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.22970/epdf
Malaria:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mop.24202/epdf
Proposed plan

We plan to implement the same idea on a different.

Sodium concentration has been detected but it requires high sensitivity

A method has been explained in the paper

http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/450/1/012016/pdf
We can consult doctors for modelling skin and implement a model to
detect dehydration in human body
Above is one of the possibility among others