Focusing and impedance properties of conformable phased array antennas for microwave hyperthermia

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 10 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1799-1802

  Najafabadi, Reza M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE;

MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0030258725     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.539937     Document Type: Article

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