Breast tumor microwave simulator based on a radar signal model

Sixth IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, ISSPIT

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 17-22

  Flores Tapia, Daniel ^a   Thomas, Gabriel ^a   Sabouni, Abas ^a   Noghanian, Sima ^a   Pistorius, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Radar simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MICROWAVES; RADAR SIMULATORS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; MICROWAVE SIMULATOR; RADAR SIMULATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 44449103276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSPIT.2006.270762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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