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Microwave Therapy

Known as: Microwave Thermotherapy, microwave diathermy 
A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to… 
National Institutes of Health

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DiathermyTherapeutic heat application
microwave electromagnetic radiation

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
A Narrow-Passband and Frequency-Tunable Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Phase-Modulation to Intensity-Modulation Conversion Using a Phase-Shifted Fiber Bragg Grating
A novel approach to implementing a narrow-passband and frequency-tunable microwave photonic filter (MPF) based on phase… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
An Observationally Generated A Priori Database for Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
Abstract The combination of active and passive microwave sensors on board the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Analysis of rainfall characteristics of the Madden–Julian oscillation using TRMM satellite data
Review
2005
Review
2005
Ablative therapies for the treatment of malignant diseases of the breast.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dry Bias and Variability in Vaisala RS80-H Radiosondes: The ARM Experience
Thousands of comparisons between total precipitable water vapor (PWV) obtained from radiosonde (Vaisala RS80-H) profiles and PWV… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stabilizing an optoelectronic microwave oscillator with photonic filters
This paper compares methods of active stabilization of an optoelectronic microwave oscillator (OEO) based on insertion of a… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Transurethral microwave thermotherapy (Prostatron version 2.5) compared with transurethral resection of the prostate for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a randomized, controlled…
OBJECTIVE To compare transurethral microwave thermotherapy (TUMT) with urethral cooling in a high-energy protocol (Prostatron… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Evaluation of the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter system over the Great Lakes
The TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter measurement system is evaluated for the first 46 repeat cycles (September 23, 1992–December 23, 1993… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Electrical impedance tomography for thermal monitoring of hyperthermia treatment: an assessment using in vitro and in vivo measurements.
For the hyperthermia treatment of human cancers considerable advantage would be gained from the ability to map temperatures deep… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Analysis of prognostic variables in hyperthermia treatment of 161 patients.
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