Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Radiofrequency Applicator for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and RF Induced Hyperthermia: Electromagnetic Field Simulations up to 14.0 Tesla and Proof-of-Concept at 7.0 Tesla

• Lukas Winter,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Celal Özerdem,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Werner Hoffmann,

  Affiliation Metrology in Medicine, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany

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• Davide Santoro,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Alexander Müller,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Helmar Waiczies,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Reiner Seemann,

  Affiliation Metrology in Medicine, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, Berlin, Germany

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• Andreas Graessl,

  Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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• Peter Wust,

  Affiliation Clinic for Radiation Oncology, CVK, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

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• Thoralf Niendorf

  * E-mail: Thoralf.Niendorf@mdc-berlin.de

  Affiliations Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

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