Data independent radar beamforming algorithms for breast cancer detection

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 2010, Pages 331-348

  Byrne, D ^a   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; DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

APPROPRIATE METRICS; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CANCEROUS TISSUES; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; EMERGING IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 78651243389     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10061001     Document Type: Article

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