Title :
Heat characteristics of micro magnetic heat elements for advanced hyperthermia
Author :
Sato, Fumihiro ; Suzuki, Nobutake ; Shimizu, Jun-Ichi ; Matsuki, Hidetoshi ; Sato, Tadakuni
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Commun. Eng., Graduate Sch. of Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fDate :
7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Hyperthermia is one of the therapeutic techniques that attempt to mainly induce necrosis in cancer cells by heating. To cause necrosis in tumors under hyperthermia with certainty, the authors proposed high-temperature hyperthermia. For this study, the authors examined the heat characteristics of the heat element composed of a thermosensitive magnetic material and a metal ring with various volumes. Our results showed that heat characteristics have a tendency to saturate with an increase in element volume.
Keywords :
cancer; hyperthermia; magnetic materials; patient care; tumours; cancer cells; heat characteristics; hyperthermia; micro magnetic heat elements; necrosis; soft-heating method; therapeutic techniques; thermosensitive magnetic material; tumors; Cancer; Heating; Hyperthermia; Implants; Magnetic materials; Medical treatment; Neoplasms; Saturation magnetization; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Heat characteristics; hyperthermia; soft-heating method; thermosensitive magnetic material;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2004.830421
