Design of an ultra-broadband V antenna for microwave detection of breast tumors

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 164-166

  Fernandez Pantoja M ^a   Gonzalez Garcia S ^a   Hernandez Lopez M A ^b   Rubio Bretones, A ^a   Gomez Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast tumor detection; Broadband antennas; Genetic algorithms; Hybrid methods in time domain

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; TUMORS;

BREAST TUMORS; MICROWAVE DETECTION; ULTRA BROADBAND ANTENNA;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037025736     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.10404     Document Type: Article

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