A 2 1/4-turn spiral antenna for catheter cardiac ablation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1480-1482

  Gu, Zeji ^a   Rappaport, Carey M ^a   Wang, Paul J ^a   Vanderbrink, Brian A ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac ablation; Microwave antennas; Microwave applicator design

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE HEATING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MICROWAVE ANTENNA APPLICATOR; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033485374     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.804576     Document Type: Article

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