Title :
Modified Microstrip Ring Applicator for Superficial Hyperthermia
Author :
Tomas Drizdal;Paolo Togni;Jan Vrba
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagnetic Field, Czech Technical University, Technick? 2, 166 27 Praha, Czech Republic, drizdt1@fel.cvut.cz
fDate :
4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Nowadays hyperthermia is one of the possible cancer treatment method used in combination with classical therapies in several countries in the world. In this article we described the designed and optimization of a microstrip type applicator for the treatment of superficial diseases. The optimization was made in order to obtain a more uniform SAR distribution, which is one of the requirements to achieve a good thermotherapy treatment.
Keywords :
"Microstrip","Applicators","Hyperthermia","Imaging phantoms","Cancer","Tumors","Temperature distribution","Dielectrics","Permittivity","Frequency"
Conference_Titel :
Radioelektronika, 2007. 17th International Conference
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0821-0
DOI :
10.1109/RADIOELEK.2007.371706
