Confocal microwave imaging for breast cancer detection: Delay-multiply-and-sum image reconstruction algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1697-1704

  Been Lim, Hooi ^a   Thi Tuyet Nhung, Nguyen ^b   Li, Er Ping ^a   Duc Thang, Nguyen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b Infowave Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Finite difference timedomain (FDTD) method; Microwave imaging; Ultra wideband (UWB) radar

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROWAVES; ONCOLOGY;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; MICROWAVE IMAGING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) RADAR;

RADAR IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; RADAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44349099812     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.919716     Document Type: Article

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