Transmitter-grouping robust capon beam forming for breast cancer detection

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 108, Issue , 2010, Pages 401-416

  Byrne, D ^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

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; BEAMFORMING; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; TISSUE; TUMORS;

BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CANCEROUS TISSUES; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; HIGH ENERGY REGIONS; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; PERFORMANCE METRICS; ROBUST CAPON BEAMFORMER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 78651263087     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER10090205     Document Type: Article

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