Investigations into cylindrical and planar configurations of a microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 263-266

  Khor, Wee Chang ^a   Bialkowski, Marek E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CALIBRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; TUMORS; CONTAINERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

BREAST CANCER; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; MICROWAVE IMAGING SYSTEMS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; DISEASES;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HIGHLY REFLECTIVE; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANT MATERIALS; MICROWAVE IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; SIMPLE++; STEP FREQUENCY; SYNTHESISED;

EID: 36148943918     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2006.1710506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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