Transmission line resonators for breast tumor detection

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn 3 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 803-806

  Ramahi, Omar M ^a,b   Kermani, Mohammad H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; MICROWAVE-BASED SCATTERING; NEAR-FIELD MICROSCOPY; SUBSURFACE DETECTION;

RESONATORS;

EID: 33846876941     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2005.1552379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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