Towards contrast enhanced breast imaging using ultra-wideband microwave radar system

2010 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, RWW 2010 - Paper Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 516-519

  Klemm, M ^a   Leendertz, J ^a   Gibbins, D ^a   Craddock, I J ^a   Preece, A ^a   Benjamin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Contrast agents; Medical imaging; Microwave imaging; Ultra wideband (UWB) radar

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST AGENTS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) RADAR;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 77952380759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2010.5434240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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