• DocumentCode
    1808432
  • Title

    Design of interstitial ring-slot applicator for microwave hyperthermia

  • Author

    Terakawa, Takashige ; Ito, Koichi ; Ueno, Koji ; Hyodo, Manabu ; Kasai, Haruo

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Keiki Co. Ltd., Japan
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    9-12 Nov 1989
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. The structure of a thin ring-slot applicator for microwave hyperthermia and a typical measured specific-absorption-rate (SAR) distribution are described. A high iso-SAR was obtained at the tip, but the distribution tailed off along the cable to the surface of the phantom. This is attributed to a reflected electric current flowing back along the outside of the cable. An equivalent circuit model that can be used to improve the design of the applicator is shown
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; biothermics; microwave antennas; radiation therapy; radiofrequency heating; cable; equivalent circuit model; interstitial ring-slot applicator; medical instrumentation; microwave hyperthermia; phantom surface; reflected electric current; specific absorption rate distribution; Antenna measurements; Applicators; Coaxial cables; Electromagnetic heating; Equivalent circuits; Hyperthermia; Imaging phantoms; Indium tin oxide; Neoplasms; Power cables;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96130
  • Filename
    96130