Highly accurate debye models for normal and malignant breast tissue dielectric properties at microwave frequencies

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 822-824

  Lazebnik, Mariya ^a,b   Okoniewski, Michal ^a,c   Booske, John H ^a,b   Hagness, Susan C ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection and treatment; Cole cole model; Debye model; Dielectric properties; Finite difference time domain (FDTD)

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; COLE-COLE MODEL; DEBYE MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; TISSUE;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 36749048806     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.910465     Document Type: Article

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