Frequency domain skin artifact removal method for ultra-wideband breast cancer detection

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 299-314

  Maskooki, A ^a   Gunawan, E ^a   Soh, C B ^a   Low, K S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TUMORS;

ARTIFACT REMOVAL; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN MODEL; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MICROWAVE PULSE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROCESSING THE SIGNALS; TUMOR DETECTION;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 70749092071     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09101302     Document Type: Article

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