Miniaturized microstrip-fed "Dark Eyes" antenna for near-field microwave sensing

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 397-401

  Kanj, Houssam ^a,b   Popović, Milica ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Imaging; Microwave; Pulse radiation; Resistively loaded antennas

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; PULSE RADIATION; RESISTIVELY LOADED ANTENNA;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; TUMORS; VECTORS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 31144454912     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2005.859377     Document Type: Article

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