Control of heating pattern for interstitial microwave hyperthermia by a coaxial-dipole antenna - Aiming at treatment of brain tumor

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part I: Communications (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Kikuchi, Satoru ^a   Saito, Kazuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Coaxial dipole antenna; MR image; SAR distribution; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONCOLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ARRAY APPLICATORS; COAXIAL DIPOLE ANTENNAS; HEATING PATTERNS; SAR DISTRIBUTION;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 34547317043     PISSN: 87566621     EISSN: 15206424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecja.20390     Document Type: Article

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