Wideband microstrip patch antenna design for breast cancer tumour detection

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Nilavalan, R ^a   Craddock, I J ^a   Preece, A ^a   Leendertz, J ^a   Benjamin, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Medical Physics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; FRONT TO BACK RATIO; HUMAN BREAST TISSUE; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; PATCH ANTENNA; RADIATION PATTERNS; TUMOUR DETECTION; WIDE-BAND;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 50649092957     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map:20050189     Document Type: Article

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