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There is an increased interest regarding the use of heat, either alone or together with radiotherapy or chemotherapy, in treating patients having cancer.
The work presents a heating tissue technique using microwaves at frequencies of 2.45GHz. After a brief description of the equipment and method, the obtained results by making the non invasive temperature measurements are presented.
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Roman, N.M., Dan, V., Ciupa, R.V., Pompas, V. (2009). Hyperthermia Control Using a Computer Microwave System in Cancer Therapy. In: Dössel, O., Schlegel, W.C. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 25/6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03906-5_28
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