Title :
Design and realization of a new type of interstitial antenna for ablation therapies
Author :
Cavagnaro, M. ; Amabile, C. ; Bernardi, P. ; Pisa, S. ; Tosoratti, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
fDate :
Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009
Abstract :
Microwave ablation is a stand-alone therapy which is used to remove pathologic tissues by locally increasing the temperature up to 50-90°C, for a short time (a few minutes). It is employed for the treatment of several cancer types, cardiac arrhythmia, and endometrium disorders. In this paper, a newly developed interstitial antenna for microwave ablation therapies is proposed, and its performances are studied both numerically and experimentally.
Keywords :
microwave antennas; microwave heating; interstitial antenna; microwave ablation therapy; pathologic tissue; Applicators; Biological information theory; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic heating; Finite difference methods; Medical treatment; Microwave antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Temperature; Tumors; Ablation; Electromagnetic heating; Medical treatment; Microwave antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4748-0
