Investigations into microwave properties of various substances to develop a breast phantom for a UWB breast tumour radar detecting system

2008 17th International Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, MIKON 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Khor, Wee Chang ^a   Hui, Foo Yong ^a   Bialkowski, Marek E ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; FREQUENCY BANDS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADIO WAVES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCERS; BREAST PHANTOMS; DETECTING SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICROWAVE PROPERTIES; PROBE TECHNIQUES; RADAR DETECTION SYSTEMS; ULTRA WIDES; ULTRA-WIDE BANDS;

TRACKING RADAR;

EID: 55149099665     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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