Scattering integral equation formulation for intravascular inclusion biosensing.

A dielectric waveguide, inserted into blood vessels, supports its basic mode that is being scattered by a near-field intravascular inclusion. A rigorous integral equation formulation is performed and the electromagnetic response from that inhomogeneity is semi-analytically evaluated. The detectability of the formation, based on spatial distribution of the recorded signal, is estimated by considering various inclusion sizes, locations and textural contrasts. The proposed technique, with its variants and generalizations, provides a generic versatile toolbox to efficiently model biosensor layouts involved in healthcare monitoring and disease screening.