Investigation of classifiers for early-stage breast cancer based on radar target signatures

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 105, Issue , 2010, Pages 295-311

  Conceicao R C ^a   O'Halloran, M ^a   Jones, E ^a   Glavin, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; QUADRATIC DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955480876     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10051904     Document Type: Article

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