Note: A 95 GHz mid-power gyrotron for medical applications measurements

Moritz Pilossof; Moshe Einat

doi:10.1063/1.4906507

Note: A 95 GHz mid-power gyrotron for medical applications measurements

Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Jan;86(1):016113. doi: 10.1063/1.4906507.

Authors

Moritz Pilossof¹, Moshe Einat¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.

PMID: 25638140
DOI: 10.1063/1.4906507

Abstract

A mid-power 95 GHz gyrotron was built and used for measuring insertion loss of biological tissue. The gyrotron is a compact table-top device that allows convenient measurements in a biological setup. It operates at the fundamental harmonic with TE02 circular mode. A mode converter is used to obtain TE10 rectangular mode in standard WR10 components. Using this gyrotron, beef tissue insertion loss was measured to be about 7-8 dB per millimeter.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Electromagnetic Radiation*
Equipment Design
Muscle, Skeletal / radiation effects
Radiation Equipment and Supplies*