Abstract：
:Heating rate (HR) patterns in cylindrical structures were studied with inhomogeneous limb phantoms. These phantoms, arm and thigh models consisting of fat, bone, and muscle material, were heated with Clini-Therm L, M, and MS applicators at 915 MHz. The thigh model is 18 cm in diameter with 2.65-cm-thick fat on the outside and a 4-cm-diam bone in the center. The arm model is 9 cm in diameter with 1.35-cm-thick fat and 2-cm-diam bone. All models are 29 cm long with phantom muscle in the space between fat and bone and were heated with their long axes parallel or perpendicular to the E field. HR patterns in the transverse and longitudinal planes were obtained thermographically. A large water bolus, with the water channels parallel to the E field, was used in every case. In the thigh model, maximum heating was in the muscle for both L and M applicators when the E field was parallel to the long axis. When it was perpendicular, the maximum heating occurred in the fat layer. However, the peak HR in the fat remained about the same for both E field orientations. For the small applicator, heating was mostly in the fat, and the two field orientations did not cause much difference in the heating pattern. In the arm model, the maximum heating of all three applicators occurred mostly in the muscle for both E-field orientations. However, the maximum HR was reduced by a factor of 2 to 3 when the E field was perpendicular rather than parallel to the long axis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Med Physjournal_title
Medical physicsauthors
Chou CK,McDougall JA,Chan KW,Luk KHdoi
10.1118/1.596627subject
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1991-11-01 00:00:00pages
1164-70issue
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0094-2405issn
2473-4209journal_volume
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