3-D-microwave breast tumor detection: Study of system performance

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2772-2777

  Rodríguez, M Edita De Lorenzo ^a   Vera Isasa, María ^a   Santalla Del Rio V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast tumor detection; Microwave imaging; Microwave ultra wideband (UWB) radar

Indexed keywords

ARRAY DISTRIBUTIONS; BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; BREAST TUMORS; D SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; HIGH IMPACTS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NARROW PULSES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

TRACKING RADAR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROWAVES; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 58149260340     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2003082     Document Type: Article

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