Electromagnetic Medical Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, electromagnetic (EM) techniques have been widely investigated and researched for different medical applications, from early diagnosis to therapy and monitoring. It is well known that biological tissues have specific dielectric properties, which are usually frequency dispersive. Any change in the physiological and pathological conditions of those tissues change those dielectric properties, and thus the response of the affected tissues to EM waves will change. Moreover, EM waves interact strongly with biological tissues, and thus, they deliver via that interaction specific energy to those tissues. Consequently, electromagnetic sensors can be designed and used to detect, image, and monitor those changes or as a therapeutic tool for the affected tissues. Moreover, any research on medical sensing based on EM techniques will need to look at dosimetry levels and ensure subject safety. 

Many techniques have already been formulated to enable the use of electromagnetic sensing methods in either non-invasive or invasive assessment, therapy and monitoring of the functional and pathological conditions of tissues. This Special Issue of Sensors aims at reporting on recent research efforts on this increasingly important topic. Its scope covers sensing devices, systems, sub-systems, techniques, and protocols designed to use electromagnetics, at any band from very low frequency to millimetre waves, for medical applications.

Prof. Dr. Amin Abbosh
Guest Editor

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