Development and evaluation of a three-dimensional hyperthermia applicator with water-coated antennas (WACOA)

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2052-2064

  Nadobny, Jacek ^a,c   Wlodarczyk, Waldemar ^a   Westhoff, Lothar ^a   Gellermann, Johanna ^a   Rau, Beate ^a   Mönich, Gerhard ^b   Wust, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D hyperthermia applicator; Annular phased array system; FDTD method; Impedance matching; SAR pattern steering

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; APPLICATORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

CYLINDRICAL DIPOLE; IMPEDANCE MATCHING NETWORK; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS; RADIATING ANTENNAS; STAGGERED ARRANGEMENT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WATER COATED ANTENNA MODULES;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIER; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIPOLE; EVALUATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; TECHNIQUE; WATER COATED ANTENNA;

EID: 0042890334     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1589611     Document Type: Article

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