Comments, with reply, on "Numerical simulation" of annular-phased arrays of dipoles for hyperthermia of deep-seated tumors by J.-Y. Chen and O.P. Gandhi

The commenter asserts that it would be dangerous to take computed local values of specific absorption rate (SAR) seriously and use them as a basis for patient treatment, as suggested by J.-Y. Chen and O.P. Gandhi (ibid., vol.39, p.209-16, Mar. 1992) in the above-titled paper. He lists 11 reasons that support his assertion. The authors refute the commenter's claims, based on his use of simple models and whole-body SAR or average SAR in large regions of the body.<
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