Electric field distributions in a phased-array applicator with 12 channels: Measurements and numerical simulations

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2565-2579

  Wust, Peter ^a   Beck, Rudolf ^b   Berger, Jörn ^c   Fahling, Horst ^a   Seebass, Martin ^b   Wlodarczyk, Waldemar ^a   Hoffmann, Werner ^d   Nadobny, Jacek ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annular phased array; Antennas; Coupling; E field sensor; Matching network

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; APPLICATORS; COUPLINGS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PHANTOMS;

CONTROL PARAMETERS; E-FIELD; ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRIC-FIELD AMPLITUDE; ELECTROOPTICAL SENSORS; MATCHING NETWORKS; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; SATISFACTORY PREDICTIONS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

AMPLIFIER; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0033678886     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1319521     Document Type: Article

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