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Dielectric‐loaded circular ridge waveguide applicator for hyperthermia
Author(s) -
Beckman C.,
Lundgren L.,
Roos D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650010611
Subject(s) - materials science , ridge , dielectric , aperture (computer memory) , optics , waveguide , hyperthermia , cavity wall , optoelectronics , acoustics , composite material , medicine , physics , geology , paleontology
An applicator for intracavitary hyperthermia treatment of cancer has been designed and tested. The applicator is a section of a dielectric‐loaded circular ridge waveguide closed at both ends to form a transmission cavity. An aperture in the cavity wall can produce a directed heating of a tumor growing in the wall of a body cavity such as the vagina.