Channel-ranked beamformer for the early detection of breast cancer

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 103, Issue , 2010, Pages 153-168

  O'Halloran, M ^a   Glavin, M ^a   Jones, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; TISSUE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; CONFOCAL MICROWAVE IMAGING; DELAY-AND-SUM BEAMFORMER; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; PROPAGATION DISTANCES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 77953752511     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10030902     Document Type: Article

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