Applications of RF/microwaves in medicine

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 963-974

  Rosen, Arye ^a,b,c   Stuchly, Maria A ^a,d   Vander Vorst, André ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ablation; Cancer detection; Imaging; Medical applications; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0036500390     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.989979     Document Type: Article

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