title: An induction heater device for studies of magnetic hyperthermia and specific absorption ratio measurements.
abstract: The development of a device for generating ac magnetic fields based on a resonant inverter is presented, which has been specially designed to carry out experiments of magnetic hyperthermia. By determining the electric current in the LC resonant circuit, a maximum intensity of magnetic field around of 15 mT is calculated, with a frequency around of 206 kHz. This ac magnetic field is able to heat powdered magnetic materials embedded in biological systems to be used in biomedical applications. Indeed, in order to evaluate the sensitivity of the device we also present the measurements of the specific absorption rate in phantoms performed with commercially prepared Fe(3)O(4) and distilled water at different concentrations.
authors: Centro Universitario de la Ciénega, Universidad de Guadalajara, 47810 Ocotlán, JAL, Mexico. eduardo.cano@cuci.udg.mx
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Cano
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Barrera
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Estrada
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Hernandez
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Cordova
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D006361:Heating / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation*; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water