Wavelet-based breast tumor localization technique using a UWB radar

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2009, Pages 75-95

  Lazaro, A ^a   Girbau, D ^a   Villarino, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADAR; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION); TUMORS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

A-WAVELET TRANSFORM; BACK-SCATTERED; BREAST CANCER; DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); MICROWAVE IMAGING; SIMULATED RESULTS; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 70749124640     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER09100705     Document Type: Article

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