Theoretical Electric Field Distributions Produced by Three Types of Regional Hyperthermia Devices in a Three-Dimensional Homogeneous Model of Man

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 36-45

  Paulsen, Keith D ^a   Strohbehn, John W ^b   Lynch, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; HUMAN FORM MODELS - COMPUTER SIMULATION;

3-D HOMOGENEOUS HUMAN MODELS; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; HYPERTHERMIA DEVICES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; METHODOLOGY; MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023903451     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.1334     Document Type: Article

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