Medical Definition of Electron cyclotron heating
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Radiofrequency heating scheme that works by injecting electromagnetic wave energy at the electron cyclotron gyration frequency.
The electric field of the electromagnetic wave at this frequency looks to a gyrating electron like a static electric field, and thus causes large acceleration of the electron (larger than if the frequency were off the cyclotron frequency and thus, to the electron, appearing to change direction as a function of time).
The accelerated electron gains energy, which is then shared with other particles through collisions, resulting in heating. Higher harmonics (multiples) of the cyclotron frequency can also be used in principle.
(09 Oct 1997)
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