FDTD study of the focusing properties of a hybrid hyperthermia and radiometry imaging system using a realistic human head model

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3552-3555

  Gouzouasis, Ioannis A ^b   Karanasiou, Irene S ^a,b   Uzunoglu, Nikolaos K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOMETRY;

ELLIPSOIDAL CONDUCTIVE WALL CAVITY; RADIOMETRY TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAD; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57649231498     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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