Title :
Heating properties of re-entrant resonant cavity applicator for brain tumor with simple head model
Author :
Hirashima, T. ; Kato, K. ; Shindo, Y. ; Iwazaki, R. ; Yabuhara, T. ; Uzuka, T. ; Takahashi, H. ; Fujii, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mecahincal Engineering Informatics, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
We have already confirmed the effectiveness of the re-entrant resonant cavity applicator system with non-invasive experiments of heating cylindrical agar phantoms and computer simulations. This paper discusses the heating properties of the developed heating system with a human head model made of agar for brain tumor hyperthermia treatment.
Keywords :
Applicators; Brain modeling; Computer simulation; Heat treatment; Heating; Humans; Hyperthermia; Imaging phantoms; Neoplasms; Resonance; Body Temperature; Brain; Brain Neoplasms; Catheter Ablation; Computer Simulation; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Hyperthermia, Induced; Models, Biological; Radiation Dosage; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649133
