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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Mohammad-reza Tofighi, Malvern, PA (US);
Mohammad-Reza Tofighi, Malvern, PA (US);
THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for characterizing biological tissues through their thermal signatures that include directing microwave energy into a biological tissue using a first slot antenna, detecting microwave radiation emitted by the biological tissue using a second slot antenna, generating output signals corresponding to the microwave radiation, processing the output signals to characterize a temperature of the biological tissue as a function of time to yield temperature characteristics, and characterizing a biological function of the biological tissue based on the temperature characteristics. The first and second slot antennas can be defined using a dual mode antenna and the generating can include alternatively collecting signals from the second slot antenna through a first low noise amplifier (LNA) and a reference load through a second LNA that the two LNAs are substantially identical.