Title :
A water-cooled EM applicator radiating in a phantom equivalent tissue-experiments and numerical analysis
Author :
Gentili, G. Biffi ; Gori, F. ; Lachi, L. ; Leoncini, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florence Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A prototype of a water-cooled electromagnetic applicator for intracavitary hyperthermia has been tested. The temperature distributions produced in a polyacrylamide dissipative medium have been shown using liquid crystals. It is shown that a complete electromagnetic and heat transfer model can predict the experimental temperatures.
Keywords :
biothermics; radiation therapy; heat transfer model; intracavitary hyperthermia; liquid crystals; numerical analysis; phantom equivalent tissue; polyacrylamide dissipative medium; temperature distributions; temperature prediction; water-cooled EM applicator; Applicators; Electromagnetic heating; Electromagnetic radiation; Hyperthermia; Imaging phantoms; Liquid crystals; Numerical analysis; Prototypes; Temperature distribution; Testing; Electromagnetics; Equipment Design; Hyperthermia, Induced; Models, Structural;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
