Bioelectromagnetics (Implantable Antennas and more)

Bioelectromagnetics (Implantable Antennas and More)

BioElectromagnetics is the study of how electromagnetic fields interact with the body. Cell phones, overhead power lines, and implantable medical devices and sensors are some of the applications we have worked on.

Publications on Implantable Antennas:

	Senior Design Project 2021-2022: Field Focusing for Implantable Antennas Carter Christiansen Links to an external site. Jason Howard Links to an external site. Shaun McKellar Links to an external site.
	Senior Design Project 2021-2022: Simulation of Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression Bryce Cheek Links to an external site. Daniela Penunuri Links to an external site. Lacy Parrish Links to an external site. Links to an external site.
Carter Christensen presentation for Univ. of Utah Undergraduate Research Symposium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6FHbp6FxlE Links to an external site.	Carter Christensen, Cynthia Furse, “Field Focusing for Implantable Telemetry Antennas,” accepted to IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, July 10-15, 2022 Download Carter Christensen, Cynthia Furse, “Field Focusing for Implantable Telemetry Antennas,” accepted to IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, July 10-15, 2022
	Asimina Kiourti, Nantia Nikita, Armin Abbosh, Cynthia Furse, Koichi Ito, Gianluca Lazzi, Matteo Pastorino, Manos Tentzeris, Erdem Topsakal, Leena Ukkonen, Will Wittow, Huanan Zhang, "Enabling Technologies for Emerging Bioelectromagnetics Applications," IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP), 2022 Download Asimina Kiourti, Nantia Nikita, Armin Abbosh, Cynthia Furse, Koichi Ito, Gianluca Lazzi, Matteo Pastorino, Manos Tentzeris, Erdem Topsakal, Leena Ukkonen, Will Wittow, Huanan Zhang, "Enabling Technologies for Emerging Bioelectromagnetics Applications," IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP), 2022
	Tasmia Tasnim, Jill E. Shea, Jayant Agarwal, Cynthia M. Furse, Huanan Zhang, "Thermally Tunable Hydrogel Crosslinking Mediated by Temperature Sensitive Liposome,” Biomedical Materials, 16(6), 065026, 2021 http://iopscience.iop.org/page/acceptedmanuscripts Links to an external site.
	Massood Tabib-Azar, Shaun McKellar, Cynthia Furse, “Free Space Resonant Electromagnetic Sensing Techniques to Detect Airborne Viral and Environmental Particles Using Atomic Layer Graphene,” NT21: International Conference on the Science and Application of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials, virtual, June 6-11, 2021
https://youtu.be/YuNoJZWCFSI Links to an external site.	Audrey Rubart, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, David Hasan, “Minimally Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation with Intracranial Stents”, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021 Download Audrey Rubart, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, David Hasan, “Minimally Invasive Deep Brain Stimulation with Intracranial Stents”, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021
https://youtu.be/eTckyKB-I8U Links to an external site.	Joseph Kiflom, Shaun McKellar, Tara Spafford, Huanan Zhang, Tasmia Tasneem, Crysta Oswald, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, "Measurements on a Thermally-Crosslinked Biopolymer for Future Implantable Antennas," International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) Aug. 9-13, 2021 Download Joseph Kiflom, Shaun McKellar, Tara Spafford, Huanan Zhang, Tasmia Tasneem, Crysta Oswald, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, "Measurements on a Thermally-Crosslinked Biopolymer for Future Implantable Antennas," International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA) Aug. 9-13, 2021
	Crysta Oswald, "Next Generation Deep Brain Stimulation for Depression Using Passive Intracranial Arterial Stents," University of Utah ACCESS Symposium April 22-24, 2021
https://youtu.be/Gyr9D1vW8XI Links to an external site.	Tara Spafford, Kaitlin Hall, Carter Christensen, Cynthia Furse, with Joseph Kiflom, Christopher Trampel, Kelsey Tyler, Valeria Corona, Shaun McKellar, “Miniaturization of Implantable Antenna and Discussion of Concentration of Fields,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021 Download Tara Spafford, Kaitlin Hall, Carter Christensen, Cynthia Furse, with Joseph Kiflom, Christopher Trampel, Kelsey Tyler, Valeria Corona, Shaun McKellar, “Miniaturization of Implantable Antenna and Discussion of Concentration of Fields,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021
https://youtu.be/Rn3AWk0zmew Links to an external site.	Shaun McKellar, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, "Implantable Antennas via Biopolymer Thermal Crosslinking," Utah Bioengineering Conference, Feb. 5, 2021
	Cynthia Furse, “Antennas for Next-Generation Medical Implants”, Antenna and Propagation Conference (APC) 2020, London, UK (online), Nov. 10, 2020 Links to an external site.
	Frank A. Curry Jr, Andrew M. Chrysler, Tasmia Tasmin, Jill E. Shea, Jayant Agarwarl, Cynthia M. Furse, Huanan Zhang, “Biostable Conductive Nanocomposite for Subdermal Antenna,” APL Materials, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019720 Links to an external site. DOI: 10.1063/5.0019720
IOT 2020	Keynote Presentations 9/8/2020 Organized by IOT Technology Research Center of Tohoku Institute of Technology with Co-sponsors: IEEE APS Tokyo Chapter, IEEE Sendai Section, IEEE Sendai WIE Implantable Antennas for Medical Applications: Technology, Practice, Ethics Download Implantable Antennas for Medical Applications: Technology, Practice, Ethics Turning Research Into Reality Download Turning Research Into Reality Dr. Furse and the Fault Chaser Links to an external site.
	Kaitlin Hall, Tasmia Tasnim, Cynthia Furse, Huanan Zhang, Audrey Evans and Susan C. Hagness, “Adaptation of a Microwave Ablation System for Wireless Medical Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Montreal (moved online), July 5-10, 2020 Download Kaitlin Hall, Tasmia Tasnim, Cynthia Furse, Huanan Zhang, Audrey Evans and Susan C. Hagness, “Adaptation of a Microwave Ablation System for Wireless Medical Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Montreal (moved online), July 5-10, 2020 Adaptation of a Microwave Ablation System for Wireless Medical Applications Links to an external site.
	Kaitlin Hall, Huanan Zhang, Cynthia Furse, "Design of an Interstitial Microwave Applicator for 3D Printing in the Body", accepted to IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology Special Issue, 2020, DOI: 1109/JERM.2020.3003834 Download Kaitlin Hall, Huanan Zhang, Cynthia Furse, "Design of an Interstitial Microwave Applicator for 3D Printing in the Body", accepted to IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology Special Issue, 2020, DOI: 1109/JERM.2020.3003834
	History and Future of Implantable Antennas https://youtu.be/Em0QR5AlEpE Links to an external site. https://youtu.be/1V-zI6akAms Links to an external site. https://youtu.be/DMPa4FElYqE Links to an external site. https://youtu.be/MZAPxp4DElY Links to an external site. Cynthia Furse, Andrew Chrysler, ‘A History & Future of Implantable Antennas, 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014 Download Cynthia Furse, Andrew Chrysler, ‘A History & Future of Implantable Antennas, 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014 Another version (more history) -- IEEE MTT SVC May 2021 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=182738660428702 Links to an external site.
	M. Bernety, H. Zhang, D. Schurig, and C. M. Furse, ‘‘Field focusing for implanted medical devices,’’ IEEE J. Electromagn., RF Microw. Med. Biol., vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 273–278, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JERM.2020.2983842.
	James Nagel, Cynthia Furse, Douglas Christiansen, Carl Durney, Introduction to Bioelectromagnetics, 2^ndand 3^rd Editions, CRC Press, 2008, 2018 Links to an external site. (also translated into Korean) Esther Florence, Krishnasamy T. Selvan, Hugo Espinosa, Cynthia Furse, “Experiences from teaching an online short-term course on bioelectricity during the pandemic,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021 Download Esther Florence, Krishnasamy T. Selvan, Hugo Espinosa, Cynthia Furse, “Experiences from teaching an online short-term course on bioelectricity during the pandemic,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Singapore (and virtual), Dec. 4-10, 2021
	Hossein M. Bernety, Richard D. Puckett, David Schurig, Cynthia Furse, "Comparison of 2D and 3D Rings for Medical Telemetry Focusing," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters,pp. 1-3 Print ISSN: 1536-1225 Online ISSN: 1548-5757 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/LAWP.2019.2911928 Download Hossein M. Bernety, Richard D. Puckett, David Schurig, Cynthia Furse, "Comparison of 2D and 3D Rings for Medical Telemetry Focusing," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters,pp. 1-3 Print ISSN: 1536-1225 Online ISSN: 1548-5757 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/LAWP.2019.2911928
	Zach Deneris, Donald Eldon Pe'a, Cynthia Furse, "A Layered Pork Model for Subdermal Antenna Tests at 433 MHz,' accepted to the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, Special Issue on the 2018 Antennas and Propagation Symposium. Print ISSN: 2469-7249 Online ISSN: 2469-7249 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JERM.2019.290535 Download Zach Deneris, Donald Eldon Pe'a, Cynthia Furse, "A Layered Pork Model for Subdermal Antenna Tests at 433 MHz,' accepted to the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, Special Issue on the 2018 Antennas and Propagation Symposium. Print ISSN: 2469-7249 Online ISSN: 2469-7249 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/JERM.2019.290535
	Andrew Chrysler, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, “A Comparison of Solid, Mesh, and Segmented Strip Dipoles in a Subdermal Environment,” IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, December 2018, 2(4), pp. 218-225, Special Issue on the 2017 APS Symposium Download Andrew Chrysler, Kaitlin Hall, Cynthia Furse, “A Comparison of Solid, Mesh, and Segmented Strip Dipoles in a Subdermal Environment,” IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, December 2018, 2(4), pp. 218-225, Special Issue on the 2017 APS Symposium
	Andrew Chrysler, Kaitlin Hall, Franky Curry, Cynthia Furse, Huanan Zhang, “Effect of Conductivity on Subdermal Antennas,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 60(5), May 2018, pp. 1154-1160. Download Andrew Chrysler, Kaitlin Hall, Franky Curry, Cynthia Furse, Huanan Zhang, “Effect of Conductivity on Subdermal Antennas,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 60(5), May 2018, pp. 1154-1160.
	Andrew Chrysler, Cynthia Furse, Kaitlin Hall, Youchung Chung, “Effect of Material Properties on a Subdermal UHF RFID Antenna”, IEEE Journal of RFID, 1(4), pp. 260-266, 2018 Download Andrew Chrysler, Cynthia Furse, Kaitlin Hall, Youchung Chung, “Effect of Material Properties on a Subdermal UHF RFID Antenna”, IEEE Journal of RFID, 1(4), pp. 260-266, 2018
	Miguel Rodriguez, Cynthia Furse, ‘An Implantable Antenna Designed for Ease of Manufacturing,’ Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 58(3), March 2016, pp. 619-623
	Miguel Rodriguez, Cynthia Furse, Jennifer Shumaker-Parry, Steve Blair, ‘Scaling the Response of Nano-Crescents into the Ultraviolet,’ ACS Photonics, 1 (6), pp 496–506, 2014
	Cynthia Furse, “A Survey of Phased Arrays for Medical Applications,” ACES Journal, Special Issue on Phased Arrays, 21(3), Nov 2006, pp.365-379
	Pichitpong Soontornpipit, Cynthia M. Furse, Youchung Chung, and Bryan M. Lin, “Optimization of a Buried Microstrip Antenna for Simultaneous Communication and Sensing of Soil Moisture,” IEEE Trans. AP Special Issue on Antenna Applications, 54(3), March 2006 pp. 797 - 800
	Lance Griffiths, Cynthia Furse, “Performing 3-D FDTD simulations in less than 3 seconds on a personal computer and its application to genetic algorithm antenna optimization,” Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 20(2), July 2005, pp. 128-135
	Pichitpong Soontornpipit, Cynthia M. Furse and Youchung Chung, “Miniaturized Biocompatible Microstrip Antenna using Genetic Algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, 53, No. 6, June 2005, pp. 1939-1945
	Pichitpong Soontornpipit, Cynthia M. Furse, and Youchung Chung, “Design of Implantable Microstrip Antenna for Communication with Medical Implants,” Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques on Medical Applications and Biological Effects of RF/Microwaves, Vol. 52, No. 8 Part 2, Sept. 2004, pp. 1944-1951
	David Johnson, Elena Cherkaev, Cynthia Furse, Alan Tripp, "Cross-Borehole Delineation of a Conductive Ore Deposit -- Experimental Design," Geophysics, May/June 2001
	David Johnson, Cynthia Furse, Alan Tripp, " FDTD Modeling and Validation of EM Survey Tools," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Sept. 20, 2002
	Cynthia Furse, "Design of an Antenna for Pacemaker Communication," Microwaves and RF, March 2000, p. 73-76

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