A novel method for microwave breast cancer detection

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2008, Pages 413-434

  Zhang, H ^a   Tan, S Y ^a   Tan, H S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TISSUE;

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOSSY DIELECTRICS; MALIGNANT TUMORS; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; SCATTERED SIGNALS;

TUMORS;

EID: 49549097624     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08062701     Document Type: Article

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