Quantitative evaluation of 2 x 2 arrays of Lucite cone applicators in flat layered phantoms using Gaussian-beam-predicted and thermographically measured SAR distributions

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2207-2220

  Rietveld, P J M ^a   Lumori, M L D ^b   Van der Zee, J ^a   Van Rhoon, G C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031858460     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/8/015     Document Type: Article

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