Microwave Probe Design for ISM Band Microwave Ablation Systems

In this paper, a microwave probe design as a part of microwave ablation (MWA) system is proposed to operate in ISM band for the local annihilation of tumor cells with high microwave power. The applicator design has been numerically studied in order to optimize the RF system performance parameters in compact ergonomic probe size. Because RF probe is to be basically designed for the clinical utilization as an applicator section of MWA system, RF performance parameters of RF probe have been examined for the tumorous cell mimicking models.