Microwave detection of breast tumors: Comparison of skin subtraction algorithms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4129, Issue , 2000, Pages 207-217

  Fear, Elise C ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast tumor detection; Microwave confocal imaging

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; CONFOCAL IMAGING; CONFOCAL MICROWAVE IMAGING; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; SUBTRACTION ALGORITHMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNAL;

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMORS; ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; ONCOLOGY; SKIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; MICROWAVE CONFOCAL IMAGING; SKIN SUBTRACTION;

EID: 0033699705     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.390618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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