Clinical studies have established the clinical benefit of adjuvant mild hyperthermia in the head and neck, but further improvements are hampered by an inadequate temperature dosimetry. We designed a novel MR compatible hyperthermia applicator ("MRcollar") based on a previously developed antenna concept. Despite the tradeoffs faced when combining heating and imaging, good power focusing ability, i.e. hyperthermia quality, and MRI compatibility were demonstrated by simulations and a reduced scale experiment.
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