Experimental investigation of an adaptive feedback algorithm for hot spot reduction in radio-frequency phased-array hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-280

  Fenn, Alan J ^a,b   King, Gerald A ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FEEDBACK ALGORITHM; GRADIENT SEARCH ALGORITHM; RADIO FREQUENCY PHASED ARRAY HYPERTHERMIA;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HYPERTHERMIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MATHEMATICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0030110992     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.486284     Document Type: Article

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