Strain imaging of the breast by compression microwave imaging

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 1229-1232

  Abbosh, A ^a   Crozier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; microwave imaging; strain imaging

Indexed keywords

BACK-SCATTERED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TISSUES; CROSS CORRELATIONS; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; IMAGING METHOD; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE PULSE; SLIDING WINDOW; STRAIN IMAGES; STRAIN IMAGING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; UPPER PLATE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ENCLOSURES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DELAY;

RADOMES;

EID: 78751675767     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2105238     Document Type: Article

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