Magnetic nanoparticle as contrast agent for microwave breast cancer imaging

EuCAP 2010 - The 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bellizzi, G ^a   Bucci, O M ^a,b   Catapano, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENT; DATA SETS; EARLY BREAST CANCER; LINEAR INVERSE SCATTERING PROBLEM; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MEASUREMENT NOISE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POLARIZING MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION CAPABILITY;

ANTENNAS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 77955321177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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