Electromagnetic and thermal evaluation of an applicator specialized to permit high-resolution non-perturbing optical evaluation of cells being irradiated in the W-band

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 140-149

  Pickard, William F ^a   Moros, Eduardo G ^b   Shafirstein, Gal ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

94 GHz applicator; Active denial system; Millimeter waves; Non perturbing; Simultaneous optical microscopy

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

94 GHZ APPLICATOR; ACTIVE DENIAL SYSTEMS; CELL LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NON-PERTURBING; OPTICAL-; SIMULTANEOUS OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMAL EVALUATIONS; W BANDS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 75649087001     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20539     Document Type: Article

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