• DocumentCode
    1995024
  • Title

    Medical Applications of Microwaves

  • Author

    Andersen, J. Bach

  • Author_Institution
    Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    7-11 Sept. 1987
  • Firstpage
    50
  • Lastpage
    56
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1987. 17th European
  • Conference_Location
    Rome, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1987.333695
  • Filename
    4132322