Implantable microwave antennas for thermal therapy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3249, Issue , 1998, Pages 38-49

  Stauffer, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Array; Brain; Cancer; Hyperthermia; Implants; Interstitial; Microwave; Prostate; Thermal Therapy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BRAIN; GYNECOLOGY; HEAT TREATMENT; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

THERMAL THERAPY;

TUMORS;

EID: 0032225624     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.304359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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