Title :
EM field based microwave technologies in medicine
Author :
Vrba, Jan ; Vrbova, Barbora
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EM Field, Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Medical applications of microwaves (i.e. a possibility to use microwave energy and/or microwave technique and technology for therapeutical purposes) are a quite new and a very rapidly developing field. Microwave thermotherapy is being used in medicine for the cancer treatment and treatment of some other diseases since early eighties. In this contribution we would like to offer general overview of present activities in the Czech Republic, i.e. clinical applications and results, technical aspects of thermo therapeutic equipment and last but not least, prospective diagnostics based on microwave principals ant technology and instrumentation.
Keywords :
cancer; hyperthermia; patient diagnosis; radiation therapy; Czech Republic; EM field based microwave technology; cancer treatment; diseases; medical applications; medicine; microwave energy; microwave principals; microwave technique; microwave technology; microwave thermotherapy; prospective diagnostics; therapeutical purposes; thermotherapeutic equipment; Apertures; Applicators; Cancer; Immune system; Tomography; Tumors; SAR simulations; hyperthermia in cancer treatment; microwave thermotherapy; optimization; surface wave; water bolus;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-88-907018-1-8
