On the accurate modeling of a complex antenna for breast tumor detection using a hybrid MOM/FDTD approach

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 6636-6639

  Padhi, Shantanu ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Li, Bing Keong ^a   Shuley, Nicholas ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; MICROWAVE IMAGING;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 57649234871     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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