title: Heating properties of coaxial needle applicator made of SMA for hyperthermia treatments.
abstract: This paper describes heating properties of the developed coaxial needle applicator made of a shape memory alloy (SMA) for brain tumor hyperthermia treatments to avoid undesirable hotspots. We estimated the temperature distribution inside an agar phantom by the finite element method (FEM) and heated the agar phantom with the developed needle applicator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering Infomatics, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Japan. ce02070@meiji.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsutiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uzuka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006361:Heating / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009339:Needles; D016896:Treatment Outcome