Assessment of current hyperthermia technology.
The current state of the art in techniques for the production and control of whole-body and local hyperthermia is discussed. Techniques of radio-frequency, microwave, and ultrasonic local hyperthermia are considered and compared. Problems of thermometry and control system integration are defined, and requisite biophysical data requirements are established. A bibliography is provided to serve both as an introduction to the hyperthermia literature for researchers from other fields and as a convenient compendium of original sources for scientists currently engaged in hyperthermia research.
D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D011846:Radio Waves; D013821:Thermometers; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy