FDTD Analysis of Power Deposition Patterns of an Array of Interstitial Antennas for Use in Microwave Hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 1692-1700

  Cherry, Paul C ^a   Iskander, Magdy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--ARRAYS; ANTENNAS--MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING--HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE-TIME DOMAIN (FD-TD) ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; POWER DEPOSITION PATTERNS; TISSUE MODELS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0026900828     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.149549     Document Type: Article

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