Construction of a conformal water bolus vest applicator for hyperthermia treatment of superficial skin cancer

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

Volumn 26 V, Issue , 2004, Pages 3467-3470

  Juang, T ^a   Neuman, D ^a   Schlorff, J ^b   Stauffer, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bionix Development Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conformal microwave array; Radiation therapy; Superficial hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DISEASES; DYNAMICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RADIOTHERAPY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOMETERS; TISSUE; WATER;

BREAST CANCER; CONFORMAL MICROWAVE ARRAY; SUPERFICIAL HYPERTHERMIA;

SKIN;

EID: 11144342361     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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