On quantitative microwave tomography of female breast

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 97, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-93

  Catapano, I ^a   Di Donato, L ^a   Crocco, L ^a   Bucci, O M ^a,b   Morabito, A F ^c   Isernia, T ^c   Massa, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; FEMALE BREAST; FREQUENCY RANGES; MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY; NMR IMAGES; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; POTENTIAL CAPABILITY;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 70350632901     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09080604     Document Type: Article

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