Time reversal based microwave hyperthermia treatment of breast cancer

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-338

  Guo, Bin ^a   Xu, Luzhou ^a   Li, Jian ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Microwave hyperthermia; Robust capon beamforming (RCB); Time reversal (TR)

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; ROBUST CAPON BEAMFORMER (RCB); TIME REVERSAL (TR);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

TUMORS;

EID: 27944487438     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21163     Document Type: Article

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