Microwave beamforming for non-invasive patient-specific hyperthermia treatment of pediatric brain cancer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2743-2754

  Burfeindt, Matthew J ^a   Zastrow, Earl ^a   Hagness, Susan C ^a   Van Veen, Barry D ^a   Medow, Joshua E ^b,c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM FORMERS; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMORS; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CONSTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; DESIGN PROCESS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; HEAD MODEL; HOT SPOT; LOCALIZED HEATING; MICROWAVE BEAMFORMING; MICROWAVE POWER; NON-INVASIVE; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MICROWAVES; PEDIATRICS;

BEAMFORMING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79954612132     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/9/007     Document Type: Article

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