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  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to time-domain computational electromagnetics and microwave medical imaging

Overview

Susan C. Hagness is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of engineering, with a specialized focus on biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanics of materials, aerospace engineering, and plant science.

The scientist's work covers various topics that include ultrasound and hyperthermia applications, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, ultrasonics and acoustic wave propagation, thermography and photoacoustic techniques, wireless body area networks, microwave imaging and scattering analysis, and electromagnetic simulation and numerical methods.

Recent papers authored by Susan C. Hagness highlight this diverse research scope:

  • Toward Flexible Microwave Ablation Antennas With a Balun-Free Helical Dipole Design, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Cultivating well-being in engineering graduate students through mindfulness training, 2023, PLoS ONE
  • Ex Vivo Performance of a Flexible Microwave Ablation Antenna, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • Feasibility Study of Microsecond Pulsed Microwave Ablation Using a Minimally Invasive Antenna, 2021, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
  • Microwave Sensing for Estimating Cranberry Crop Yield: A Pilot Study Using Simulated Canopies and Field Measurement Testbeds, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors in their body of work include:

  • Audrey L. Evans
  • Chu Ma
  • Nader Behdad
  • Yahya Mohtashami
  • James F. Sawicki

The most common venues for publishing research are:

  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • PLoS ONE
  • Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
  • IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology
  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Susan C. Hagness received the IEEE Fellow award in 2009 for contributions to time-domain computational electromagnetics and microwave medical imaging.

Best Publications

  • 9 – Computational Electromagnetics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method

    Allen Taflove;Susan C. Hagness;Melinda Piket-May

  • A large-scale study of the ultrawideband microwave dielectric properties of normal, benign and malignant breast tissues obtained from cancer surgeries

    Mariya Lazebnik;Dijana Popovic;Leah McCartney;Cynthia B Watkins

  • Confocal microwave imaging for breast cancer detection: localization of tumors in three dimensions

    E.C. Fear;X. Li;S.C. Hagness;M.A. Stuchly

  • Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early detection of breast cancer

    E.J. Bond;Xu Li;S.C. Hagness;B.D. Van Veen

  • A large-scale study of the ultrawideband microwave dielectric properties of normal breast tissue obtained from reduction surgeries.

    Mariya Lazebnik;Leah McCartney;Dijana Popovic;Cynthia B Watkins

  • Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging

    E.C. Fear;S.C. Hagness;P.M. Meaney;M. Okoniewski

  • Correction to "Two-Dimensional FDTD Analysis Of A Pulsed Microwave Confocal System For Breast Cancer Detection: Fixed-Focus And Antenna-Array Sensors"

    S.C. Hagness;A. Taflove;J.E. Bridges

  • A confocal microwave imaging algorithm for breast cancer detection

    Xu Li;S.C. Hagness

  • Direct time integration of Maxwell's equations in linear dispersive media with absorption for scattering and propagation of femtosecond electromagnetic pulses

    Rose M. Joseph;Susan C. Hagness;Allen Taflove

  • Tissue-mimicking phantom materials for narrowband and ultrawideband microwave applications.

    Mariya Lazebnik;Ernest L Madsen;Gary R Frank;Susan C Hagness

  • An overview of ultra-wideband microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early-stage breast-cancer detection

    Xu Li;E.J. Bond;B.D. Van Veen;S.C. Hagness

  • Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming: experimental investigation of tumor detection in multilayer breast phantoms

    Xu Li;S.K. Davis;S.C. Hagness;D.W. van der Weide

  • Three-dimensional FDTD analysis of a pulsed microwave confocal system for breast cancer detection: design of an antenna-array element

    S.C. Hagness;A. Taflove;J.E. Bridges

  • Finite‐Difference Time‐Domain Analysis

    Allen Taflove;Susan C. Hagness

  • Dielectric properties of human normal, malignant and cirrhotic liver tissue: in vivo and ex vivo measurements from 0.5 to 20 GHz using a precision open-ended coaxial probe

    Ann P O’Rourke;Mariya Lazebnik;John M Bertram;Mark C Converse

  • FDTD microcavity simulations: design and experimental realization of waveguide-coupled single-mode ring and whispering-gallery-mode disk resonators

    S.C. Hagness;D. Rafizadeh;S.T. Ho;A. Taflove

  • Development of Anatomically Realistic Numerical Breast Phantoms With Accurate Dielectric Properties for Modeling Microwave Interactions With the Human Breast

    E. Zastrow;S.K. Davis;M. Lazebnik;F. Kelcz

  • Highly Accurate Debye Models for Normal and Malignant Breast Tissue Dielectric Properties at Microwave Frequencies

    M. Lazebnik;M. Okoniewski;J.H. Booske;S.C. Hagness

  • WAVEGUIDE-COUPLED ALGAAS/GAAS MICROCAVITY RING AND DISK RESONATORS WITH HIGH FINESSE AND 21.6-NM FREE SPECTRAL RANGE

    D. Rafizadeh;J. P. Zhang;S. C. Hagness;A. Taflove

  • Three-dimensional microwave imaging of realistic numerical breast phantoms via a multiple-frequency inverse scattering technique.

    Jacob D. Shea;Panagiotis Kosmas;Susan C. Hagness;Barry D. Van Veen

  • Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early detection of breast cancer

    Essex J. Bond;Xu Li;Susan C. Hagness;Barry D. Van Veen

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Booske
John H. Booske University of Wisconsin–Madison
B.D. Van Veen
B.D. Van Veen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nader Behdad
Nader Behdad University of Wisconsin–Madison
Balaji Sitharaman
Balaji Sitharaman Stony Brook University
Seng-Tiong Ho
Seng-Tiong Ho Northwestern University
Elise C. Fear
Elise C. Fear University of Calgary
Luke J. Mawst
Luke J. Mawst University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jennifer T. Bernhard
Jennifer T. Bernhard University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nader Engheta
Nader Engheta University of Pennsylvania
Nelson Tansu
Nelson Tansu University of Adelaide

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