13:20  K1-1  SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS FOR HELICAL-ANTENNA RF COILS IN ULTRA-HIGH-FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPLICATIONS

Pranav S. Athalye*¹, Nada J. Sekeljic¹, Milan M. Ilic^1,2, Andrew J. Kiruluta³, Pierre-Francois Van de Moortele⁴, Branislav M. Notaros¹

¹Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
²School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, YUGOSLAVIA
³Radiology Department, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
⁴Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,MI

13:40  K1-2  MICROWAVE INVERSE SCATTERING ALGORITHM WITH FULL-CAVITY NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS

Guanbo Chen*, John Stang, Mahta Moghaddam

Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

14:00  K1-3  APPLICATION OF NON-CONTACT THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING FOR EMBEDDED EXPLOSIVE DETECTION

Siddhartha Sirsi*¹, Ahmed H. Abdelrahman¹, Xiong Wang¹, Yexian Qin², Russel S. Witte², Hao Xin¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson
²Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson

14:20  K1-4  EXPERIMENTAL STUDY FOR MICROWAVE-INDUCED THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY

Ryan T. Jacobs*, Mark Golkowski, Yiming Deng, Mohand Alzuhiri, Xiaoye Chen

Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado

14:40  K1-5  NUMERICAL MODEL FOR MICROWAVE INDUCED THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING

Mohand Alzuhiri*, Yiming Deng, Mark Golkowski, Ryan Jacobs

university of colorado denver, Denver/Colorado

15:20  K1-6  3D PRINTED MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA APPLICATOR FOR CHEMO-THERMOTHERAPY OF THE BREAST

Umar Hasni*, Christopher J. Deloglos, Afroditi V. Filippas, Erdem Topsakal

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,VA

15:40  K1-7  THE EFFECT OF GLUCOSE ON THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF BLOOD PLASMA

Arthur W. French*, Afroditi V. Filippas, Erdem Topsakal

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA

16:00  K1-8  SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF SCIATIC NERVE USING MAGNETIC MICROCOILS - A SIMULATION STUDY

Anil K. RamRakhyani, Pragya Kosta*, Gianluca Lazzi

Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City

16:20  K1-9  A 3D COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ANALYZING THE EFFECT OF EPHAPTIC COUPLING ON NEURAL STIMULATION

Andy Gilbert*, Kyle Loizos, Gianluca Lazzi

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City