Imaging capability of an early stage breast tumor by CP-MCT

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1427-1430

  Miyakawa, M ^a   Ishida, T ^a   Watanabe, M ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast tumor; CT; Microwave imaging; PSF; Radar

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATTERN MATCHING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; FDTD MODEL; MATCHED-FILTER; MICROWAVE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 11144332486     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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