Automatic temperature controller for multielement array hyperthermia systems

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1006-1015

  Johnson, Jessi E ^a   MacCarini, Paolo F ^b,c   Neuman, Daniel ^c,d   Stauffer, Paul R ^b,e  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Hyperthermia; Microwave antenna arrays; Temperature control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TISSUE;

CARCINOMA; HYPERTHERMIA; MICROWAVE ANTENNA ARRAYS; MULTIELEMENT ARRAY APPLICATORS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIELEMENT ARRAY HYPERTHERMIA APPLICATOR; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX WALL; TISSUE;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33744970698     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.873559     Document Type: Article

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