Characterization and optimization of an electric field sensor for radiative hyperthermia application
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Marco Di Cristofano, Giorgia Paglialunga, Luca Lalli, Marta Cavagnaro*
Oncological hyperthermia (HT) is a therapeutical technique employed in combination with other cancer therapies to improve the treatment of tumours. The aim of HT is to induce a temperature increase in the treated target area up to 40 – 44 °C and maintain it for 1 hour. Radiative hyperthermia devices induce the heating radiating an electromagnetic (EM) field inside the body. This study presents the characterization and optimization of an electric field (E-field) sensor to measure the E-field radiated by hyperthermia devices. The use of the E-field sensor can be a key tool to evaluate the HT device’s capability to radiate the electromagnetic field within the target area of the human body.
Keywords: radiative hyperthermia, electromagnetic fields, electric-field sensor.
Proscience vol. 10
Pp 13-17