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An RF Therapy System for Breast Cancer Using Dual Deformable Mirrors — Computational Study.

Authors :
Arunachalam, Kavitha
Udpa, Satish S.
Udpa, Lalita
Source :
AIP Conference Proceedings; 2007, Vol. 894 Issue 1, p1691-1698, 8p
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths amongst women in the United States. In the past two decades, the potential of non-ionizing high power RF waves to destroy cancerous biological tissues is actively investigated for cancer therapy. This paper presents the computational feasibility study of an alternative mode of electromagnetic radiation therapy that employs dual source and deformable mirror. The adaptive focusing capability of the deformable mirror is exploited for preferential energy deposition at the tumor site in the breast irradiated by electromagnetic radiation. The outcome of the computational study for the proposed deformable mirror-based thermal therapy for breast cancer is presented in this paper. © 2007 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0094243X
Volume :
894
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
AIP Conference Proceedings
Publication Type :
Conference
Accession number :
24505430
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2718168