Computer-Aided Design of Two-Dimensional Electric-Type Hyperthermia Applicators using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 861-870

  Shaw, Joseph A ^a   Durney, Carl H ^a   Christensen, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS, DIPOLE; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT - DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC-FIELD APPLICATORS; FDTD METHOD; HYPERTHERMIA APPLICATORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026228543     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.83606     Document Type: Article

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