New frontiers for radio frequency (RF)/microwaves in therapeutic medicine

Microwave and RF Product Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 16-1-16-26

  Rosen, Arye ^a   Rosen, Harel D ^b   Edwards, Stuart D ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Conway Stuart Medical Inc ^*  (United States)

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