Figures & data
Figure 1. The in-house developed AMC-4/8 system (left), which can be used as a single ring of four antennas (AMC-4) or two rings of eight antennas (AMC-8) and the Alba 4D (right; Medlogix®, Rome, Italy) locoregional hyperthermia systems.
![Figure 1. The in-house developed AMC-4/8 system (left), which can be used as a single ring of four antennas (AMC-4) or two rings of eight antennas (AMC-8) and the Alba 4D (right; Medlogix®, Rome, Italy) locoregional hyperthermia systems.](/cms/asset/af15376d-e4d0-4d29-ab86-d6ea5983400d/ihyt_a_2140841_f0001_c.jpg)
Table 1. Overview of treatments per patient with the AMC-4 (grey) and Alba 4D (blue) locoregional hyperthermia systems.
Figure 2. The applied power per patient for each hyperthermia treatment session with the Alba 4D (blue) and the AMC-4 (grey) locoregional hyperthermia systems.
![Figure 2. The applied power per patient for each hyperthermia treatment session with the Alba 4D (blue) and the AMC-4 (grey) locoregional hyperthermia systems.](/cms/asset/9d07ea8e-2dc1-4e40-8a33-66b3b9553421/ihyt_a_2140841_f0002_c.jpg)
Figure 3. The achieved intraluminal T90 for each patient during the treatment sessions. Treatments with the Alba 4D are depicted in blue and treatments with the AMC-4 locoregional hyperthermia system in grey.
![Figure 3. The achieved intraluminal T90 for each patient during the treatment sessions. Treatments with the Alba 4D are depicted in blue and treatments with the AMC-4 locoregional hyperthermia system in grey.](/cms/asset/4fd44e40-9f6d-47d2-9515-a762fa62a3f7/ihyt_a_2140841_f0003_c.jpg)
Figure 4. The applied power versus the achieved intraluminal T90. Each patient has a unique symbol; the color indicates the locoregional hyperthermia system: Alba 4D in blue, AMC-4 in grey. For both devices the mean applied power and achieved T90 are displayed with dashed lines.
![Figure 4. The applied power versus the achieved intraluminal T90. Each patient has a unique symbol; the color indicates the locoregional hyperthermia system: Alba 4D in blue, AMC-4 in grey. For both devices the mean applied power and achieved T90 are displayed with dashed lines.](/cms/asset/72109001-b85b-4e8f-95c9-4d3a653ceac7/ihyt_a_2140841_f0004_c.jpg)
Table 2. Treatment characteristics presented as mean ± SD or median (range).
Table 3. Advantages and disadvantages mentioned by patients and staff members.