Two-dimensional time-domain inverse scattering for quantitative analysis of breast composition

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1941-1945

  Johnson, Jessi E ^a   Takenaka, Takashi ^a   Tanaka, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electromagnetic scattering inverse problems; Medical diagnosis; Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SCATTERING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEMS; INVERSE-SCATTERING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; TIME DOMAIN (OCT); TIME-STEPPING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 47649116862     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2007.899364     Document Type: Article

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