Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early detection of breast cancer: Beamformer design in the frequency domain

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-381

  Davis, S K ^a   Bond, E J ^a   Li, X ^a   Hagness, S C ^a   Van Veen, B D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE GENERATION; ONCOLOGY; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BACKSCATTERED WAVEFORMS; BREAST CANCER; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT PROPAGATION; MICROWAVE IMAGING; SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS; SPACE TIME BEAMFORMING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037683415     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939303322235860     Document Type: Article

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