Analysis of Transient Thermal Processes for Improved Visualization of Breast Cancer Using IR Imaging

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1113-1116

  Kaczmarek, M ^a   Nowakowski, A ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Active thermography; Breast cancer diagnostics; IR imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIAGNOSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

ACTIVE THERMOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSTICS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 1542272294     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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