Dielectric characterization of carbon nanotube contrast agents for microwave breast cancer detection

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mashal, Alireza ^a   Sitharaman, Balaji ^b   Booske, John H ^a   Hagness, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CONTRAST AGENT; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; MALIGNANT TISSUES; MATERIAL MIXTURE; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PHANTOM MATERIALS; PRESSURE WAVES; RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY; THERMOACOUSTIC RESPONSE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

ANTENNAS; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 71049180928     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2009.5171908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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