Title :
Medical Applications of Microwaves
Author :
Andersen, J. Bach
Author_Institution :
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Abstract :
Microwaves find a use both in therapy and diagnosis. The most promising applications are still with heating of tumours and the retrieval of the corresponding temperature distributions. Microwave imaging is of interest in itself, but must compete with other techniques offering greater resolution.
Keywords :
Apertures; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Dielectric losses; Electromagnetic heating; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Microwave imaging; Muscles; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1987. 17th European
Conference_Location :
Rome, Italy
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1987.333695
