Submillimeter coaxial probes for dielectric spectroscopy of liquids and biological materials

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3000-3010

  McLaughlin, Bryan L ^a,b   Robertson, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture model; Biological tissue; Calibration; Coaxial probe; Dielectric spectroscopy; Heating; Hypodermic probe; Monte carlo; Temperature

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; APERTURE FIELDS; BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; COAXIAL PROBE; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HEAT SIMULATION; INDUCED TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL TOLERANCES; MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL PROBE; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SHORT CIRCUIT; SUBMILLIMETERS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALIBRATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; HEATING; MICROWAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURPENTINE;

DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 73049099438     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2034222     Document Type: Article

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