Body conformal antennas for superficial hyperthermia: The impact of bending contact flexible microstrip applicators on their electromagnetic behavior

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2917-2926

  Correia, Davi ^a   Kok, H Petra ^a   De Greef, Martijn ^a   Bel, Arjan ^a   Van Wieringen, Niek ^a   Crezee, Johannes ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenna; Electromagnetic; Penetration depth; Superficial hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PENETRATION; LARGE SIZES; MICROSTRIPES; MULTIMODES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PATIENT MODELS; PENETRATION DEPTH; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOSENSITIZERS; SUPERFICIAL HYPERTHERMIA; SURFACE CURRENT;

ANTENNAS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; SIMULATORS;

APPLICATORS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CONTACT FLEXIBLE MICROSTRIP APPLICATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 72649107335     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2029081     Document Type: Article

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