Development and application of a UWB radar system for breast imaging

2008 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 24-27

  Craddock, I J ^a   Klemm, M ^a   Leendertz, J ^a   Preece, A W ^a   Benjamin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARRAY DESIGNS; PHANTOM IMAGES; RECENT PROGRESS; UWB RADARS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 50649102904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LAPC.2008.4516856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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