Pulse design for time reversal method as applied to ultrawideband microwave breast cancer detection: A two-dimensional analysis

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 194-204

  Chen, Yifan ^a   Gunawan, Erry ^a   Low, Kay Soon ^a   Wang, Shih Chang ^b   Kim, Yongmin ^c   Soh, Cheong Boon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Pulse shape; Time reversal; Two dimensional (2 D) model; Ultrawideband (UWB) microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYNOMIALS; RADAR CLUTTER; TUMORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TIME-REVERSAL (TR) IMAGING; MODULATED AND MODIFIED HERMITE POLYNOMIALS; PULSE DESIGN CRITERIA; ULTRAWIDEBAND (UWB) BREAST CANCER DETECTION;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33846937089     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888432     Document Type: Article

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