Dual-mode antenna design for microwave heating and noninvasive thermometry of superficial tissue disease

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1500-1508

  Jacobsen, S ^a   Stauffer, P R ^a   Neuman, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archimedean spiral; Conformal microwave applicator; DCC aperture; Hyperthermia; Microstrip antenna; Radiometry; Superficial heating

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE;

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL; CONFORMAL MICROWAVE APPLICATOR; NONINVASIVE THERMOMETRY;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; SKIN DISEASE; THERMOMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0034327892     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.880102     Document Type: Article

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