Performance and robustness of a multistatic mist beamforming algorithm for breast cancer detection

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 105, Issue , 2010, Pages 403-424

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; ROBUST BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 77955840278     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10011205     Document Type: Article

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