Quasi-multistatic MIST beamforming for the early detection of breast cancer

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 830-840

  O'Halloran, Martin ^a   Jones, Edward ^a   Glavin, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Multistatic space time beamforming; Ultrawideband (UWB) radar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MULTISTATIC RADARS; RADAR; SIGNAL DETECTION; TRACKING RADAR;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN; MULTI-STATIC; SPACE TIME BEAMFORMING; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

BEAMFORMING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BEAMFORMING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; MICROWAVE IMAGING VIA SPACE TIME; MICROWAVE RADIATION; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77950248707     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2016392     Document Type: Article

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