Progress on conformal microwave array applicators for heating chestwall disease

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6440, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Stauffer, P R ^a   Maccarini, P F ^a   Juang, T ^b   Jacobsen, S K ^c   Gaeta, C J ^d   Schlorff, J L ^e   Milligan, A J ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d IPITEK   (United States)

^e Bionix Development Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chestwall recurrence; Conformal array; Microstrip antenna; Microwave hyperthermia; Thermoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DISEASES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES;

BREAST CANCER; CHESTWALL RECURRENCE; CONFORMAL ARRAY; MICROSTRIP ANTENNA; MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; THERMORADIOTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548231685     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.701389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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