Microwave breast cancer detection

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1037-1040

  Fear, E C ^a   Stuchly, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE BREAST CANCER DETECTION; MICROWAVE CONFOCAL IMAGING;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; ONCOLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033677984     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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