DocumentCode
1862150
Title
A re-entrant type resonant cavity applicator for deep-seated hyperthermia treatment
Author
Kato, Kasuo ; Matsuda, Jin-ichi ; Saitoh, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution
Fac. of Eng., Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Japan
fYear
1989
fDate
9-12 Nov 1989
Firstpage
1712
Abstract
A heating method using a re-entrant-type resonant cavity applicator for deep-seated hyperthermia treatment and its computer simulation are described. In this heating method, a human body is placed in the inner gap of the cavity and is heated by standing-wave electromagnetic fields. From the results of computer simulations using a disk phantom, it is shown that a deep and local tumor may be heated effectively without generating any hot spots or edge effects as in the case of an RF capacitive heating method
Keywords
biothermics; radiation therapy; computer simulation; deep local tumor; deep-seated hyperthermia treatment; disk phantom; heating method; human body; re-entrant type resonant cavity applicator; standing-wave electromagnetic fields; Applicators; Computer simulation; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic heating; Heat treatment; Humans; Hyperthermia; Imaging phantoms; Neoplasms; Resonance;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96420
Filename
96420
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