Dielectric Properties of Breast Carcinoma and the Surrounding Tissues

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 257-263

  Surowiec, Andrzej J ^a   Stuchly, Stanislaw S ^b   Barr, J Robin ^c   Swarup, Arvind ^d  

^a Bowman Grey School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Bolriet Technology Inc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - PERMITTIVITY;

BREAST CARCINOMA; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BREAST CANCER; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; METHODOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO; RADIO WAVES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024000475     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.1374     Document Type: Article

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