DocumentCode :
1221071
Title :
Hyperthermia by Local EM Heating and Local Conductivity Change
Author :
Guru, Bhag S. ; Chen, Kun-Mu
Author_Institution :
Engineering Division, Universal Electric Company
Issue :
5
fYear :
1977
Firstpage :
473
Lastpage :
477
Abstract :
A study is made on the scheme of heating a local region of a biological body by utilizing an EM field and increasing the conductivity of the local region. It was found that when the frequency of the EM field is in the range of 1 to 100 MHz, the increase of the conductivity of the local region usually causes a decrease, instead of an increase, of the absorbed power in that local region. For a microwave EM field, there may exist an optimum conductivity for the local region to gain the most effective EM heating.
Keywords :
Animals; Cancer; Conductivity; Electromagnetic heating; Frequency; Heat engines; Hyperthermia; Medical treatment; Neoplasms; Temperature; Electric Conductivity; Electromagnetic Fields; Electromagnetics; Heat; Humans; Microwaves; Models, Biological; Thermal Conductivity;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9294
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1977.326189
Filename :
4122733
Link To Document :
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