Investigation into the thermal distribution of microwave helical antennas designed for the treatment of Barrett's oesophagus

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 3557-3564

  Reeves, J ^a   Birch, M ^a   Munro, K ^a   Collier, R ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MUSCLE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

ANTENNA LENGTH;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

COPPER; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; EPITHELIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAT; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RADIOTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037037782     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/19/309     Document Type: Article

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