Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Image Reconstruction for Microwave Biomedical Imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 544-548

  Zhang, Zhong Qing ^a,b   Liu, Qing Huo ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b Optimal Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications; Breast imaging; Image reconstruction; Inverse scattering; Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE;

ACTIVE MICROWAVE IMAGING; ELECTRICAL CONTRASTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROWAVES; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 1242298659     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.821052     Document Type: Article

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