Compact dielectric resonator antenna for microwave breast cancer detection

IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 638-644

  Huang, W ^a   Kishk, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; COAXIAL PORTS; DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS; FINITE GROUND PLANE; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; GROUND PLANES; LUMPED LOADS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RETURN LOSS; SENSOR DESIGNS; SIMPLE MODEL;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; DIELECTRIC RESONATORS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; SENSOR ARRAYS; STAIRS; TUMORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 69249085385     PISSN: 17518725     EISSN: 17518733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2008.0170     Document Type: Article

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