TY - GEN
T1 - A design of RF stimulator which is similar to temperature distribution by moxibustion (preliminary study)
AU - Myoung, Hyoun Seok
AU - Park, Jin Sung
AU - Cho, Sung Pil
AU - Lee, Jeon
AU - Choi, Ho Seon
AU - Lee, Kyoung Joung
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We developed a novel radio-frequency (RF) stimulator to mimic heat effects similar to the temperature distributions created by moxibustion in porcine tissue. Moxibustion is a traditional Oriental medicine technique using moxa, which is utilized not only to cure disease, but also to increase immunity. However, it may lead to undesired effects including severe pains, blisters, and burns because of the difficulty of controlling heat intensity during the process. To overcome these problems, a novel RF stimulator that can conduct thermal energy to the deep tissue of the body and also easily control the power of heat stimulation was proposed. RF stimulating protocols were designed to mimic the temperature profiles of two types of moxibustion. In our results, the temperature distributions created by the proposed protocols were similar to those attained by moxibustion. It was also shown that the proposed protocols were more effective than moxibustion for transferring heat effects into deep tissues.
AB - We developed a novel radio-frequency (RF) stimulator to mimic heat effects similar to the temperature distributions created by moxibustion in porcine tissue. Moxibustion is a traditional Oriental medicine technique using moxa, which is utilized not only to cure disease, but also to increase immunity. However, it may lead to undesired effects including severe pains, blisters, and burns because of the difficulty of controlling heat intensity during the process. To overcome these problems, a novel RF stimulator that can conduct thermal energy to the deep tissue of the body and also easily control the power of heat stimulation was proposed. RF stimulating protocols were designed to mimic the temperature profiles of two types of moxibustion. In our results, the temperature distributions created by the proposed protocols were similar to those attained by moxibustion. It was also shown that the proposed protocols were more effective than moxibustion for transferring heat effects into deep tissues.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626434
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626434
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 21096124
AN - SCOPUS:78650812002
SN - 9781424441235
T3 - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
SP - 1238
EP - 1241
BT - 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
T2 - 2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Y2 - 31 August 2010 through 4 September 2010
ER -