A large-scale study of the ultrawideband microwave dielectric properties of normal breast tissue obtained from reduction surgeries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Lazebnik, Mariya ^a   McCartney, Leah ^b   Popovic, Dijana ^b   Watkins, Cynthia B ^a   Lindstrom, Mary J ^c   Harter, Josephine ^d   Sewall, Sarah ^d   Magliocco, Anthony ^b   Booske, John H ^a   Okoniewski, Michal ^b   Hagness, Susan C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; PERMITTIVITY; SURGERY;

BREAST TISSUE; GLANDULAR TISSUES; MICROWAVE BREAST CANCER; ULTRAWIDEBAND;

TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST REDUCTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BREAST; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MICROWAVES;

EID: 34248191826     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/10/001     Document Type: Article

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