Field simulation of dipole antennas for interstitial microwave hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 887-895

  Schaller, Gerd ^a   Erb, Jürgen ^a   Engelbrecht, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; TISSUE;

FINITE INTEGRATION ALGORITHM PROGRAM; INTERSTITIAL MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0030164633     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.506448     Document Type: Article

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