2006
DOI: 10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.v34.i6.20
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Thermal Therapy, Part 1: An Introduction to Thermal Therapy

Abstract: Thermal therapy is widely known and electromagnetic (EM) energy, ultrasonic waves, and other thermal-conduction-based devices have been used as heating sources. In particular, advances in EM technology have paved the way for promising trends in thermotherapeutical applications such as oncology, physiotherapy, urology, cardiology, ophthalmology, and in other areas of medicine as well. This series of articles is generally written for oncologists, cancer researchers, medical students, biomedical researchers, clin… Show more

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“…High frequency hyperthermia is widely used in various countries as an adjuvant therapy for advanced tumors, including radiofrequency (RF) hyperthermia and microwave hyperthermia (1). Under such conditions, selective heating of the tumor is only possible when heat dissipation by blood flow in the normal tissue is much greater than that in the tumor tissues.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…High frequency hyperthermia is widely used in various countries as an adjuvant therapy for advanced tumors, including radiofrequency (RF) hyperthermia and microwave hyperthermia (1). Under such conditions, selective heating of the tumor is only possible when heat dissipation by blood flow in the normal tissue is much greater than that in the tumor tissues.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since skin, tissue and blood are most readily penetrated by NIR light, nanoparticles employed in biological applications should have strong absorption in this region [5,67,68]. Structures should ideally be spherical with diameters in the range of 20-100 nm [69][70][71][72].…”
Section: Metal Nanostructuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thermotherapy includes all therapeutic treatments based on the transfer of thermal energy into or out of the human body. In clinical settings, the major objective of thermotherapy is to achieve an effective treatment outcome with minimal impact on intervening and surrounding tissues [42,43]. It consists of relatively small changes in the core body temperature occasionally for therapeutic purposes [44,45].…”
Section: Thermotherapy For Rehabilitation Of Heartmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When RF radiation interacts with matter, it can be absorbed, transferring the energy to the medium. The amount of energy that a biological material will absorb from the source depends on the operating frequency, intensity of radiation, and duration of treatment [42].…”
Section: Diathermymentioning
confidence: 99%