Abstract
A major challenge for hyperthermia engineers and physicists is the prediction of temperature distribution both inside the tumour and in the external tissue in which the radiating microwave antenna array is embedded. There are two distinct aspects to solving this problem. There is firstly the task of determining the complex interaction of the microwave electromagnetic energy within the antenna array in order to calculate the SAR; it is this aspect of the problem that will be discussed in this chapter. Secondly there is the question of how the supplied heating is distributed by the local tissue and this aspect is discussed elsewhere.
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McCowen, A., Clibbon, K.L. (1993). Thermal Modeling of Heterogeneous Tumours with Irregular Microwave Antenna Arrays. In: Seegenschmiedt, M.H., Sauer, R. (eds) Interstitial and Intracavitary Thermoradiotherapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84801-8_17
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