Title :
Basic study of the coaxial antennas for minimally invasive microwave thermal therapy
Author :
Saito, Kazuyuki ; Nakayama, Osamu ; Hamada, Lira ; Yoshimura, Hiroyuki ; Ito, Koichi
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Chiba Univ., Japan
fDate :
29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
Abstract :
The number of studies of minimally invasive microwave antennas in medicine is increasing. They are hyperthermia for medical treatment for cancer, cardiac catheter ablation for ventricular arrhythmias treatment, microwave treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy, and so on. In this paper we describe the characteristics of the minimally invasive microwave antennas by FDTD analysis for hyperthermia and cardiac catheter ablation antennas
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; finite difference time-domain analysis; hyperthermia; microwave heating; slot antenna arrays; FDTD analysis; array antennas; benign prostatic hypertrophy; cancer treatment; cardiac catheter ablation antennas; coaxial antennas; hyperthermia; microwave antennas; minimally invasive microwave thermal therapy; slot antenna; ventricular arrhythmias treatment; Applicators; Catheters; Coaxial components; Electromagnetic heating; Finite difference methods; Hyperthermia; Medical treatment; Microwave antennas; Minimally invasive surgery; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5164-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1998.746191
