Title :
Antenna design considerations for high specific absorption rate in local hyperthermia treatment
Author :
Ammann, M.J. ; Curto, S. ; Bao, X.L. ; McEvoy, P.
Author_Institution :
Antennas & High Freq. Res. Group, Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin
Abstract :
The design of a miniaturised low-profile efficient hyperthermia applicator is presented. The efficiency is attributed to small size, resilience to detuning and wide bandwidth. The antenna provides a high value of SAR and is well matched to tissue, even at close distances.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; hyperthermia; microwave antennas; patient treatment; antenna design considerations; high specific absorption rate; local hyperthermia treatment; Applicators; Bandwidth; Cancer; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Geometry; Hyperthermia; Impedance matching; Permittivity; Resilience;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619067
