Performance and use of current sheet antennae for RF-hyperthermia of a phantom monitored by 3 tesla MR-thermography

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 454-471

  Hoffmann, W ^a   Rhein, K H ^a   Wojcik, F ^a   Noeske, R ^a   Seifert, F ^a   Wlodarczyk, W ^b   Fahling H ^c   Wust, P ^b   Rinneberg, H ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calorimetry; Current sheet antennae; Hyperthermia; Magnetic resonance thermography

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT SHEET ANTENNA; DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTATION; HEATING; HEIGHT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MODEL; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PHASE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION APPLICATOR; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; TISSUE; WHOLE BODY TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; SEPHAROSE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036740410     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02656730210129754     Document Type: Article

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