Title :
Microwave vest for hyperthermia treatment of large area superficial disease
Author :
Stauffer, Paul R. ; Neuman, Daniel ; Hwang, Chris ; Rossetto, Francesca ; Diederich, Chris J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiat. Oncology, California Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
This effort describes the clinical realization of a large area microwave vest applicator for hyperthermia treatment of the entire chestwall. The performance of this applicator is analyzed in terms of theoretical and experimental SAR patterns in realistic heterogeneous tissue loads, temperature distributions in clinical patient treatments, and success at achieving the design goals of this microwave vest applicator development project
Keywords :
cancer; finite difference time-domain analysis; hyperthermia; microwave antenna arrays; microwave heating; temperature distribution; FDTD program; SAR patterns; cancer therapy; clinical realization; conformal microwave array applicator; design goals; dual concentric conductor antennas; entire chestwall; hyperthermia treatment; large area superficial disease; microwave vest applicator; realistic heterogeneous tissue loads; temperature distributions; Apertures; Applicators; Diseases; Electromagnetic heating; Finite difference methods; Heat treatment; Hyperthermia; Medical treatment; Muscles; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804444
