A flanged parallel-plate waveguide probe for microwave imaging of tumors

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-60

  Zhang, H ^a   Tan, S Y ^a   Tan, H S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PROBES; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WAVEGUIDES;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; FREQUENCY SCANS; MALIGNANT TUMORS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PARALLEL PLATE WAVEGUIDE; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRIANGULATION TECHNIQUES;

TUMORS;

EID: 70350628911     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09090901     Document Type: Article

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