Characterization of a digital microwave radiometry system for noninvasive thermometry using a temperature-controlled homogeneous test load

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3883-3901

  Arunachalam, K ^a   Stauffer, P R ^a   Maccarini, P F ^a   Jacobsen, S ^b   Sterzer, F ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c MMTC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; APPLICATORS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; EXPERIMENTS; HEALTH; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOMETRY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARDS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TESTING; THERMOMETERS;

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL; BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CLINICAL UTILITY; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI); EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTS; GHZ BAND; HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT; INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LAYERED TISSUES; LOAD TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (MWR); MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MULTI ELEMENT ARRAY; NOISE REJECTION; PENETRATION DEPTHS; POWER LEVELING; RECEIVE ANTENNAS; SELF CALIBRATION; SINGLE BANDS; STABILITY DATA; STANDARD DEVIATION (STD); SUB-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUES; SUPERFICIAL HYPERTHERMIA; SYSTEM RESPONSES; TISSUE TEMPERATURES; WATER LOADS;

RADIOMETERS;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; DIGITAL MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MONITORING; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 47749107274     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/14/011     Document Type: Article

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