Title :
Matrix composition of microwave stripline applicators for local thermotherapy
Author :
Vrbová, Barbora ; Vrba, Jan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagn. Field, Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
This article describes the design and evaluation of microwave stripline applicator for treatment of malignant tumors located under the surface of biological tissue. This tissue is in our simulations mimicked by homogeneous agar phantom with similar characteristics as the biological tissue. Further this paper presents results from measurement of impedance matching and simulations of SAR distribution on planar agar phantom by using two same applicators and SAR distribution in cylindrical agar phantom by using composition of four applicators of the same type.
Keywords :
cancer; hyperthermia; impedance matching; microwave heating; phantoms; strip lines; tumours; SAR distribution; biological tissue; homogeneous agar phantom; impedance matching; local thermotherapy; malignant tumors; microwave stripline applicator; Applicators; Biological system modeling; Biological tissues; Electromagnetic heating; Imaging phantoms; Malignant tumors; Medical treatment; Microwave technology; Stripline; Transmission line matrix methods; Microwave thermotherapy; SAR; cancer treatment; hyperthermia applicators; impedance matching;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Techniques (COMITE), 2010 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brno
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6341-1
DOI :
10.1109/COMITE.2010.5481863
