A helical microwave antenna for welding plaque during balloon angioplasty

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn 1, Issue , 1992, Pages 260-261

  Rappaport, Carey M ^a   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; HELICAL ANTENNAS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY; HELICAL MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE POWER;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0008917878     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5760954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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