A wideband half oval patch antenna for breast imaging

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-13

  Yu, J ^a,b   Yuan, M ^a   Liu, Q H ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b National Key Laboratory of EMC   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SLOT ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; BREAST CANCER IMAGING; BREAST IMAGING; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; RETURN LOSS; SCATTERED FIELD; TOTAL LENGTH; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 70749109188     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09090304     Document Type: Article

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