Title :
A simple noise generation method for millimeter-wave therapy apparatus
Author :
Skresanov, Valery N. ; Nechayev, Oleg G. ; Shubny, Alexander I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radiophys. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
Millimeter wave therapy (MMWT) is now one of the recognized electric physical therapy methods. The great number of techniques available are distinguished from each other by various complex radiation parameters (frequency range, intensity, available frequency and/or peak modulation), and method of effect on a patient (duration of each influence and their amount in a course of treatment, the particular irradiated zones of a patients body, and effect to acupuncture locus) is known. That is why the spectral structure of a radiation is considered to be an important parameter. The variation of radiation spectra used in practice reaches from high coherent oscillations up to quasi noise and noise broadband (ten percent) signals. In recent years good therapeutic results of noise effects on organisms in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum wavelengths has been proved by investigators in the field of experimental and clinical medicine. It is shown that the efficiency of treatment is higher than in case of quasi-harmonic effects
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; hyperthermia; microwave heating; millimetre waves; noise; radiation therapy; acupuncture locus; available frequency; complex radiation parameters; electric physical therapy methods; electromagnetic spectrum wavelengths; frequency range; irradiated zones; millimeter-wave therapy apparatus; peak modulation; quasiharmonic effects; radiation spectral structure; simple noise generation method; Frequency control; Frequency modulation; Low-frequency noise; Medical treatment; Microprocessors; Millimeter wave technology; Noise generators; Stochastic processes; Tuning; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Physics and Engineering of Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Waves, 2001. The Fourth International Kharkov Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kharkov
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6473-2
DOI :
10.1109/MSMW.2001.947357