TEM horn antenna for ultra-wide band microwave breast imaging

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn , Issue 13, 2009, Pages 59-74

  Amineh, R K ^a   Trehan, A ^a   Nikolova, N K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MEDICAL IMAGING; RADOMES; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; GOOD IMPEDANCE MATCH; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; SOLID DIELECTRIC; TEM HORN ANTENNA; UNIFORM FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 64549154915     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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