An experimental and theoretical investigation into capabilities of a UWB microwave imaging radar system to detect breast cancer

EUROCON 2007 - The International Conference on Computer as a Tool

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 771-776

  Wee, Chang Khor ^a   Hua, Wang ^a   Bialkowski, Marek E ^a   Abbosh, Amin ^a   Seman, Norhudah ^a  

^a Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Experimental verification; Microwave antenna; Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; CERAMIC CAPACITORS; CONTAINERS; DETECTORS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; DROPS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SYSTEMS; TUMORS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; APPLIED (CO); BREAST CANCERS; BREAST PHANTOM; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (HIGH K); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANT (LKD); MICROWAVE RADARS; SPATIAL IMAGING; ULTRA- WIDEBAND (UWB); UWB MICROWAVE IMAGING; VISUAL INSPECTION (VI);

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 46149119873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EURCON.2007.4400324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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