A 400 MHz hyperthermia system using rotating spiral antennas for uniform treatment of large superficial and sub-surface tumors

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1333-1336

  Arabe, Omar A ^a   Maccarini, Paolo F ^a   Jones, Ellen L ^a   Hanna, George ^a   Samulski, Thaddeus V ^a   Dewhirst, Mark W ^a   Thrall, Donald E ^b   Stauffer, Paul R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demodulator; Hyperthermia; Rotating antenna; SAR pattern; Spiral microstrip antenna; Superficial tumors

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMODULATORS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TUMORS; WAVEGUIDES;

HYPERTHERMIA SYSTEMS; POWER REFLECTION COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS; ROTATING ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 34748869619     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2007.380458     Document Type: Conference Paper

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