Design of dielectric immersed tapered slotline antenna for radar-based microwave breast imaging

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 633-638

  Shenouda, Maged H ^a   Fear, Elise C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave imaging; Slotline antenna; Tissue sensing adaptive radar; Ultra wideband antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BREAST TUMOR DETECTIONS; IMMERSED ANTENNAS; MEASURED RESULTS; MICROSTRIP; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SLOTLINE; SLOTLINE ANTENNA; TAPERED SLOTLINE ANTENNAS; TISSUE SENSING ADAPTIVE RADAR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 62449116245     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.24112     Document Type: Article

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