title: Heating characteristics of a 430 MHz microwave heating system with a lens applicator in phantoms and miniature pigs.
abstract: Heating experiments on phantoms and miniature pigs were performed using two types of lens applicator and a conventional waveguide applicator fed by a 430 MHz microwave heating system (HTS-100, manufactured by Tokyo Keiki Co., Ltd). Temperature distributions in agar phantoms and miniature pigs were measured at regular intervals during heating. The following results were thus obtained: (1) The effective heating depth varied with the focal length, showing the lens effect. (2) Using a four-aperture lens applicator in miniature pigs, a heating depth of 6 cm was obtained. This almost doubles the depth of conventional waveguide applicator. The heating area was 12 X 6 cm at the depth of 4 cm. (3) Dielectric properties of the buttocks of the miniature pig were virtually identical to those of the agar phantom containing 0.35% NaCl and 0.05% NaN3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Therapy, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takatsuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D013696:Temperature