MODELING OF VARIOUS KINDS OF APPLICATORS USED FOR MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA BASED ON THE FDTD METHOD

Authors
CAMART JC DESPRETZ D CHIVE M PRIBETICH J
Citation
Jc. Camart et al., MODELING OF VARIOUS KINDS OF APPLICATORS USED FOR MICROWAVE HYPERTHERMIA BASED ON THE FDTD METHOD, IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques, 44(10), 1996, pp. 1811-1818
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189480
Volume
44
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
1811 - 1818
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9480(1996)44:10<1811:MOVKOA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
This paper presents the modeling using the finite difference time doma in (FDTD) method of interstitial and endocavitary applicators which ha ve been designed and developed for microwave hyperthermia treatments c ontrolled by microwave radiometry. For each kind of applicators, the n umerical results are given concerning the reflection coefficient S-11, the power deposition, and the heating patterns, These results are com pared with the measurements performed on phantom models of human tissu es and show a good agreement, Possibilities of future developments are discussed.