Dielectric properties of urinary stones at microwave frequencies

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-299

  Paul, Issac ^a   Varghese, George ^a   Ittyachen, M A ^b   Mathew, K T ^b   Lonappan, Anil ^b   Jacob, Joe ^b   Kumar, S Biju ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Cavity perturbation technique; Complex permittivity; Microwaves; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BODY FLUIDS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIAGNOSIS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATHOLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SURGERY;

ABNORMAL MINERALIZATION; CAVITY PERTURBATION TECHNIQUE; GEL TECHNIQUE; MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS; STONE REMOVAL SURGERY; URINARY STONES;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0037145979     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10588     Document Type: Article

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