Design of applicators for a 27 MHz multielectrode current source interstitial hyperthermia system; impedance matching and effective power

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1087-1108

  Kaatee, R S J P ^a   Crezee, J ^b   Kanis, A P ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^b   Levendag, P C ^a   Visser, A G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; HYPERTHERMIA; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0030996112     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/6/007     Document Type: Article

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