Medical Definition of Electron cyclotron heating

1. 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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electron Cyclotron Heating

electron-volt
electron accelerator
electron acceptor
electron beam
electron capture
electron capture detector
electron capture detectors
electron carrier
electron cloud
electron clouds
electron configuration
electron configurations
electron cryomicroscopy
electron cyclotron discharge cleaning
electron cyclotron emission
electron cyclotron heating (current term)
electron density
electron diffraction
electron donor
electron gun
electron guns
electron image
electron interferometer
electron interferometry
electron lens
electron magneton
electron micrograph
electron micrographs
electron microprobe
electron microscope

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