Forward-backward time-stepping method combined with genetic algorithm applied to breast cancer detection

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 438-442

  Moriyama, Toshifumi ^a   Meng, Zhiqi ^b   Takenaka, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

breast cancer detection; inverse scattering; microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TIME; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST PHANTOM; FIBROGLANDULAR; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; FORWARD-BACKWARD TIME-STEPPING METHODS; HIGH CONTRAST; HYBRID METHOD; INVERSE SCATTERING; LOW CONTRAST; MICROWAVE IMAGING; TUMOR TISSUES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCATTERING; SHIP PROPELLERS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78650338138     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.25699     Document Type: Article

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