Microwave medical devices

F Sterzer - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article describes several new microwave medical devices that either were or are being
developed at MMTC, Inc. in cooperation with the following institutions: Celsion Corporation, …

Microwave hyperthermia for brain tumors

A Winter, J Laing, R Paglione, F Sterzer - Neurosurgery, 1985 - journals.lww.com
: Twelve patients with malignant brain tumors who had failed to respond to conventional
therapies were treated with thermotherapy. Hyperthermic temperatures (~ 43 [degrees] C) were …

Microwave applicators for localized hyperthermia treatment of cancer of the prostate

…, E Friedenthal, C Botstein, R Paglione, F Sterzer - International Journal of …, 1980 - Elsevier
Directional coaxial applicators designed for operation with microwave frequencies of 915
MHz or 2450 MHz are described. Hyperthermia can be induced in tumors located within, or in …

[HTML][HTML] Repeatability of brown adipose tissue measurements on FDG PET/CT following a simple cooling procedure for BAT activation

…, P Gajwani, JH O, DD Mawhinney, F Sterzer… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
… Mawhinney and Fred Sterzer, are employees at MMTC Inc., which provided funding for the
… Mawhinney and Fred Sterzer, are employees at MMTC Inc., which provided funding for the …

Measurement of brown adipose tissue activity using microwave radiometry and 18F-FDG PET/CT

…, JP Leal, DD Mawhinney, F Sterzer… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
The aim of this study was to evaluate the operating characteristics of a microwave radiometry
system in the noninvasive assessment of activated and nonactivated brown adipose tissue (…

Microwave-induced hyperthermia in cancer treatment: Apparatus and preliminary results

J Mendecki, E Friedenthal, C Botstein, F Sterzer… - International Journal of …, 1978 - Elsevier
Apparatus for the controlled local heating of cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors is described.
This apparatus, which uses microwave radiation in the frequency 915 MHz or 2450 MHz, …

Improvement of traveling-wave tube efficiency through collector potential depression

F Sterzer - IRE Transactions on Electron Devices, 1958 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design of single-stage and double-stage collectors which can be
operated at "depressed" potentials. When these single-stage and double-stage collectors …

Microwave parametric subharmonic oscillators for digital computing

F Sterzer - Proceedings of the IRE, 1959 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a digital information handling system, a binary one can be represented by an RF signal of
a given phase, frequency, and amplitude, and a binary zero by RF of the same frequency …

Transferred electron (Gunn) amplifiers and oscillators for microwave applications

F Sterzer - Proceedings of the IEEE, 1971 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transferred electron amplifiers and oscillators are now well established as important members
of the family of active microwave solid-state devices. The combination of power output, …

Microwave treatments for prostate disease

F Sterzer, J Mendecki, DD Mawhinney… - IEEE Transactions …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Describes three novel microwave techniques that show promise for being useful in treating
diseases of the prostate. They are: microwave urethroplasty for providing immediate …