A pulsed confocal microwave technique for the detection of dielectric contrast of breast tissue

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-212

  Bindu, G ^a   Abraham, Santhosh John ^b   Lonappan, Anil ^a   Thomas, Vinu ^a   Aanandan, C K ^a   Mathew, K T ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b Lourdes Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Breast tumors; Confocal microwave technique; Dielectric permittivity; FDTD method

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BREAST TISSUE; BREAST TUMORS; CONFOCAL MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; FDTD METHOD;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 27744490767     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21125     Document Type: Article

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