Characterization of biological tissues up to millimeter wave: test fixture design

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1041-1044

  Tofighi, M R ^a   Daryoush, A S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARE ALGORITHM; TEST FIXTURE DESIGN;

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRIP LINES; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TISSUE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0033710543     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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