Coaxial-slot antenna for interstitial microwave thermal therapy and its application to clinical trial

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 IV, Issue , 2004, Pages 2526-2529

  Ito, K ^a   Saito, K ^a   Yoshimura, H ^a   Aoyagi, Y ^b   Horita, H ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow rate; Coaxial slot antenna; Interstitial microwave hyperthermia; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOANALYSIS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BLOOD FLOW RATE; COAXIAL-SLOT ANTENNAS; INTERSTITIAL MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; THERMAL THERAPIES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 11144332128     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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