Heating of Tissues by Microwaves: A Model Analysis

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 420-428

  Foster, Kenneth R ^a   Lozano Nieto, Albert ^b   Riu, Pere J ^c   Ely, Thomas S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

AVERAGING TIME; BIO-HEAT EQUATIONS; BLOOD FLOW; MODELING ANALYZES; PERFUSION RATE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TEMPERATURE RISE; THERMAL; THERMAL RESPONSE; TIME-CONSTANTS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEATING; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PAIN; TIME;

HEATING; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031614859     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1998)19:7<420::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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