MICROWAVE DEVICES FOR MEDICAL HYPERTHERMIA, THERMOTHERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS

摘要

Medical systems and instruments which utilize microwave energy to provide heat treatment and diagnostic imaging of tissue are provided. One medical treatment system for treating tissue inlcudes an antenna having a radiating element configured to transmit electromagnetic energy toward a desired area of the tissue and having an interior volume for receiving a heat exchange fluid, thereby changing the temperature proximal to the desired area of the tissue.