The Measured Electrical Properties of Normal and Malignant Human Tissues from 50 to 900 Mhz

Medical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 547-550

  Joines, William T ^a   Zhang, Yana ^a   Li, Chenxing ^a   Jirtle, Randy L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

complex permittivity; human tissues; microwave frequencies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; HISTOLOGY; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; TISSUE;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; HUMAN TISSUES; HYPERTHERMIA APPLICATIONS; MALIGNANT TISSUES; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CANCER; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0028359255     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597312     Document Type: Article

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