A new feeding technique for temperature distribution control in interstitial microwave hyperthermia

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1318-1323

  Hamada, Lira ^a   Yoshimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioheat transfer equation; Coaxial slot antenna; Hyperthermia; Incoherent coherent power feeding

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEATING; ONCOLOGY; SLOT ANTENNAS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL VARIABLES CONTROL; TISSUE;

BIOHEAT TRANSFER EQUATION; COAXIAL SLOT ANTENNA; INCOHERENT COHERENT POWER FEEDING; INTERSTITIAL MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0033157460     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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