Modeling of noninvasive microwave characterization of breast tumors

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1089-1094

  Huo, Y ^a   Bansal, Rajeev ^a   Zhu, Q ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPLEX FREQUENCY PLANE; COMPLEX NATURAL RESONANCES (CNR); DIELECTRIC TARGETS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942738982     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.827956     Document Type: Article

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