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Physics and Technology of Hyperthermia

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Stanley B. Field

    1. MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

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  2. Cafiero Franconi

    1. Medical Physics Institute, II University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 127)

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Lecturers’ Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Problems in Cancer Treatment

      • E. J. Maher
      Pages 3-18

    3. Biological Aspects of Hyperthermia

      • Stanley B. Field
      Pages 19-53

    4. Biological Basis for Rational Design of Clinical Treatment with Combined Hyperthermia and Radiation

      • J. Overgaard, O. S. Nielsen, J. C. Lindegaard
      Pages 54-79

    5. Hyperthermia Heating Technology and Devices

      • Cafiero Franconi
      Pages 80-122

    6. Electromagnetic Field Generation and Propagation

      • Carl H. Durney
      Pages 123-151

    7. Calculation of Electromagnetic Power Deposition

      • Carl H. Durney
      Pages 152-158

    8. Electromagnetic Power Deposition: Inhomogeneous Media, Applicators and Phased Arrays

      • J. Bach Andersen
      Pages 159-188

    9. Electromagnetic Applicators for Non-Invasive Local Hyperthermia

      • J. W. Hand
      Pages 189-210

    10. Interstitial Techniques for Hyperthermia

      • J. W. Strohbèhn
      Pages 211-239

    11. Electromagnetic Regional Heating

      • Carl H. Durney
      Pages 240-249

    12. Radiofrequency Power Sources for Hyperthermia

      • Kamil Victor Ettinger
      Pages 250-293

    13. Phantoms for Electromagnetic Heating Studies

      • Chung-Kwang Chou
      Pages 294-318

    14. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Waves

      • Chung-Kwang Chou
      Pages 319-353

    15. Principles of Ultrasound Used for Hyperthermia

      • John W. Hunt
      Pages 354-389

    16. Ultrasonic Heating Techniques

      • Robert B. Roemer
      Pages 390-402

    17. Ultrasound Phantoms/Animals Experiments

      • Robert B. Roemer
      Pages 403-413

    18. Laboratory Techniques for Heating Experimental Animals

      • J. W. Hand
      Pages 414-419

    19. Whole Body Hyperthermia as a Treatment Modality

      • J. van der Zee, N. S. Faithfull, G. C. van Rhoon, H. S. Reinhold
      Pages 420-440
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In the 1960s a firm rationale was developed for using raised temperatures to treat malignant disease and there has been a continuous expansion of the field ever since. However, a major limitation exists in our ability to heat human tumours, especially those sited deep in the body, with a reasonable degree of temperature uniformity. This problem has resulted in engineers and physicists collaborating closely with biologists and clinicians towards the common goal of developing and testing the clinical potential of this exciting treatment modality. The aim of the physicist and engineer is to develop acceptible methods of heating tumQur masses in as many sites as possible to therapeutic temperatures avoiding excessive heating of normal structures and, at the same time, obtaining the temperature distribution throughout the heated volume. The problem is magnified by both the theoretical and technical limitations of heating methods and devices. Moreover, the modelling of external deposition of energy in tissue and knowledge of tissue perfusion are ill-defined. To this must be added the conceptual difficulty of defining a thermal dose. The NATO course was designed to provide a basis for the integration of physics and technology relevant to the development of hyperthermia. There were 48 lectures covering the theoretical and practical aspects of system design and assessment, including, as far as possible, all the techniques of current interest and importance in the field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • MRC Cyclotron Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK

    Stanley B. Field

  • Medical Physics Institute, II University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Cafiero Franconi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics and Technology of Hyperthermia

  • Editors: Stanley B. Field, Cafiero Franconi

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series E:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3597-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3509-9Published: 31 March 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8109-2Published: 05 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3597-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-132X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 664

  • Topics: Oncology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Imaging / Radiology

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