Viable three-dimensional medical microwave tomography: Theory and numerical experiments

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-458

  Fang, Qianqian ^a,b   Meaney, Paul M ^c   Paulsen, Keith D ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjoint method; Alternating direction implicit finite difference time domain (ADI FDTD); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Microwave tomography

Indexed keywords

ADI-FDTD; ADJOINT METHODS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METAL RECOVERY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REPAIR; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 76849113748     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2037691     Document Type: Article

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