Modeling with the FDTD method for microwave breast cancer detection

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1890-1897

  Kosmas, Panagiotis ^a   Rappaport, Carey M ^a   Bishop, Emmett ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Dispersive media; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DISPERSIVE MEDIA; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGING;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 4043166168     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.831985     Document Type: Article

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