Determination of electromagnetic disturbances due to the probe used for the measurement of the power deposition of microwave applicators for microwave thermotherapy

Abstract

The determination of the power deposition diagram is one of the stages of the characterization of microwave applicators. This measurement is obtained by means of a mapping system in which the receiver probe can be considered as a disturbing element. The goal of this paper is to display the influence of these perturbations by modeling using the finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) method. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 25: 168–172, 2000.