FANTI , Alessandro

Microwave imaging is acquiring a growing importance in several biomedical applications, such as breast and brain stroke diagnosis and monitoring. In this work, a preliminary feasibility analysis concerning the application of such a technique to the monitoring of cervical myelopathy is reported. In particular, suitable working conditions are...

An inverse scattering method working at microwave frequencies for cervical diagnostics is proposed in this work. The aim is the diagnosis of cervical myelopathy, which is a disease that affects the first part of the spinal cord (between the C3 and C7 vertebra). A preliminary feasibility analysis oriented toward the development of an imaging...

A microwave imaging approach for the diagnosis of neck diseases is proposed in this paper. Specifically, the case study of cervical myelopathy has been considered. The developed technique aims at retrieving the distributions of the dielectric properties of a cross section of the neck, from which information about the spinal canal size can be...

In this paper, a microwave imaging approach based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) for neck tumor detection is presented. The aim of this technique is to retrieve the geometric and dielectric properties of the neck to identify the possible presence of tumors, starting from scattered electric field data. A fully-connected neural network is...

In this letter, a microwave imaging strategy based on an artificial neural network (ANN) is applied, for the first time, to experimental data gathered from simplified neck phantoms. The ANN is used for solving the underlying inverse scattering problem, with the aim of retrieving the dielectric properties of the neck for monitoring and...

A microwave imaging approach based on artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the reconstruction of the properties of a cross section of the neck is proposed in this paper. The aim of this work is to retrieve the distribution maps of the neck dielectric properties starting from electromagnetic scattered fields. Possible applications include the...

A microwave imaging approach for the detection of neck tumors is proposed in this paper. Specifically, a preliminary artificial neural network (ANN) is adopted for the reconstruction of the properties of a cross section of the neck starting from scattered electric fields. To this end, realistic neck phantoms are developed to test the...

In this contribution, a microwave-based tomographic approach by means of a neural network technique is applied to the human neck. The aim is to retrieve the dielectric and geometric properties of a cross section of the neck to detect the possible presence of tumors. A fullyconnected neural network and a numerical model to create a neck phantom...

The design and numerical simulations of a microwave sensor for the moisture content of traditional Carasau bread is presented in this paper. The results highlight the ability of a simple patch antenna to discriminate small percentage variations in water content in the food product, avoiding misinterpretations due to other parameters...

Water content estimation is of capital importance during the production process of the Carasau bread. A suitable microwave sensor could help monitor the moisture level in a non-invasive and reliable way. A simple narrowband patch antenna is proven to be more performing than dual band or wideband antennas. Magnitude and phase of the scattering...

A preliminary experimental validation of a machine-learning technique for microwave imaging of the neck is reported in this paper. Specifically, a fully-connected neural network is used to retrieve the dielectric properties of a simplified neck phantom. The architecture of the network, e.g., number of layers and neurons in each layer, is...

Magnetic biomaterials are multifunctional tools currently under investigation as theranostic platforms for biomedical applications. They can be implanted in bone tissue after bone cancer resection to perform local interstitial hyperthermia treatment. Given the requirements of high quality treatment, the hyperthermia therapy should be performed...

Magnetic biomaterials are multifunctional tools currently under investigation as theranostic platforms for biomedical applications. They can be implanted in bone tissue after bone cancer resection to perform local interstitial hyperthermia treatment. Given the requirements of high quality treatment, the hyperthermia therapy should be performed...

Within the framework of the recent agri-food technological advancement, the design and validation of a methodology for the water content estimation in the Carasau bread manufacturing process is herein presented. Following a thorough evaluation of the dough dielectric properties, a suitable antenna layout has been selected, pointing out the...

To date, tumors, the second cause of death worldwide, are a modern medicine plight. The development of rapid, cost-effective and reliable prevention and diagnostics tools is mandatory to support clinicians and ensure patients' adequate intervention. Pituitary tumors are a class of neoplasm, which calls for suitable and ad hoc diagnostic tools....