A breast surface estimation algorithm for UWB microwave imaging

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 760-763

  Helbig, M ^a   Geyer, C ^b   Hein, M ^a   Hilger, I ^b   Schwarz, U ^a   Sachs, J ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary Scattering Transform; Breast cancer detection; Surface detection; UWB imaging

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY SCATTERING TRANSFORM; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PLANAR SCANNING; SENSING AND IMAGING; SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION; STATIC MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE DETECTION; SURFACE ESTIMATION; UWB IMAGING;

ANTENNAS;

SCATTERING;

EID: 70350637546     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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