Schemes of microwave hyperthermia by using flat left-handed material lenses

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1738-1743

  Wang, Gang ^a   Gong, Yu ^a   Wang, Hongjin ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Focusing; Left handed material (LHM); Lens; Microwave hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

BREAST TISSUES; FLAT LENS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; LEFT-HANDED MATERIAL (LHM); LENS SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; MICROWAVE POWER; NORMAL TISSUE; TUMOR VOLUMES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

LENSES; METAMATERIALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TUMORS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 67650792668     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24449     Document Type: Article

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