Microwave-based detection of breast cancer using the generalized likelihood ratio test

IEEE Workshop on Statistical Signal Processing Proceedings

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 617-620

  Davis, S K ^a   Hagness, S C ^a   Van Veen, B D ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Breast tissue; Cancer detection; Clutter; Covariance matrix; Radar detection; Testing; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COVARIANCE MATRIX; DISEASES; METADATA; RADAR; SIGNAL DETECTION; TESTING; TISSUE; TRACKING RADAR; TUMORS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BREAST CANCER; BREAST NEOPLASM; BREAST TISSUES; CANCER DETECTION; RADAR DETECTION; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 66249091451     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SSP.2003.1289557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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