Optimal source distribution for hyperthermia at the center of a sphere of muscle tissue

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1987, Pages 1322-1327

  Rappaport, Carey M ^a   Morgenthaler, Frederic R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - RADIATION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - DIFFRACTION;

MUSCLE TISSUE; NONINVASIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERTHERMIA; OPTIMAL SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; POWER DEPOSITION PATTERNS; SPHERICAL HARMONIC MODEL APPROACH;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0023574491     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1987.1133855     Document Type: Article

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