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Dielectric Absorption of Microwaves in Human Tissues

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Calculations show that differences in absorption of microwaves by the human body may be a means of localizing tumours and some body structures

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  1. J. R. MALLARD

    Present address: Department of Medical Physics, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

  2. D. G. LAWN

    Present address: Institüt für Biophysik. Freie Universität, West Berlin

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  1. Department of Physics and Biophysics, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, S.E.I

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MALLARD, J., LAWN, D. Dielectric Absorption of Microwaves in Human Tissues. Nature 213, 28–30 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213028a0

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