Title :
Pulse modulated microwave heating to cells
Author :
Nikawa, Yoshio ; Hoshi, Naoya ; Yamamoto, Kanji ; Kikuchi, Kazuo ; Kubota, Nobuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Defense Acad., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
To discuss the non-thermal effects of microwaves at cellular level, microwave exposure system, to irradiate culture cells with pulse modulated microwaves , has been developed. In the system, the culture cells are inserted into a cavity resonator. The result is compared to that using continuous microwaves as well as conduction heating. The result shows that the survival rate of the cell is decreased when using pulse modulated microwaves under condition that the temperature is over 41°C
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; cavity resonators; cellular effects of radiation; microwave heating; pulse modulation; cavity resonator; cellular level; culture cells; microwave exposure system; pulse modulated microwave heating; survival rate; Cavity resonators; Electromagnetic heating; Energy conversion; Equations; Guidelines; Humans; Magnetic resonance; Microwave devices; Pulse modulation; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.659302
