Co-polarised and cross-polarised antenna arrays for breast, cancer detection

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1055-1058

  Jafari, H M ^a   Deen, J M ^a   Hranilovic, S ^a   Nikolova, N K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLARIZATION; TUMORS;

ANTENNA RETURN LOSS; CANCER DETECTION; CROSS POLARISED ANTENNA ARRAYS; ULTRA WIDEBAND BREAST CANCER DETECTION;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 35348952683     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20060327     Document Type: Article

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