Numerical study of microwave scattering in breast tissue via coupled dielectric and elastic contrasts

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 247-250

  Zhao, Min ^a   Shea, Jacob D ^a   Hagness, Susan C ^a   Van Der Weide, Daniel W ^a   Van Veen, Barry D ^a   Varghese, Tomy ^b  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Breast cancer detection; Dielectric properties; Elastic properties; Finite element method (fem); Finite difference time domain (fdtd); Microwave imaging; Scattering

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM); MICROWAVE IMAGING;

BIOMECHANICS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELASTICITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 71049125486     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.920752     Document Type: Article

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