Measurement of Radio Frequency Permittivity of Biological Tissues with an Open-Ended Coaxial Line: Part I

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 82-86

  Athey, T Whit ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^b,c   Stuchly, Stanislaw S ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; INJURY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THERAPY; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - PERMITTIVITY; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES COAXIAL;

NONDESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENTS; OPEN-END COAXIAL LINE SENSOR; RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 0019999534     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1982.1131021     Document Type: Article

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