Potential of near-field microwave imaging in breast cancer detection utilizing tapered rectangular waveguide probes

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 587-593

  Saleh, Wael ^a   Qaddoumi, Nasser ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biomedical electromagnetic imaging; Breast cancer detection; Near field microwave non destructive testing; Tapered rectangular waveguides; Tumors

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC IMAGING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST TISSUES; BREAST TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; LOSSY DIELECTRICS; LOW CONDUCTIVITY; MICROWAVE IMAGES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NEAR-FIELD; NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NON-INVASIVE; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; TAPERED RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; TESTING AND EVALUATION;

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; ONCOLOGY; PROBES; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SENSORS; TUMORS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 67349190604     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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