Use of Polyacrylamide as a Tissue-Equivalent Material in the Microwave Range

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 275-277

  Andreuccetti, D ^a   Bini, M ^a   Ignesti, A ^a   Olmi, R ^a   Rubino, N ^a   Vanni, R ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS - TISSUE; GELS;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUE SIMULATION; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

POLYACRYLAMIDE;

DOSIMETRY; HYPERTHERMIA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHANTOM; TISSUE EQUIVALENT;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GELS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024000426     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.1377     Document Type: Article

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