Near-field microwave imaging based on aperture raster scanning with TEM horn antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 928-940

  Amineh, Reza K ^a   Ravan, Maryam ^a   Trehan, Aastha ^a   Nikolova, Natalia K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperture scanning; microwave imaging; ultra wideband (UWB) antenna

Indexed keywords

APERTURE SCANNING; BORESIGHT; BREAST TUMOR DETECTION; DE-COUPLING; DIELECTRIC OBJECTS; DIRECT CONTACT; DIRECTIVITY; GROUP VELOCITIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE POWER; NEAR FIELD IMAGING; NEAR-FIELD; RASTER SCANNING; RETURN LOSS; SMALL SIZE; TEM HORN ANTENNA; TOTAL EFFICIENCY; ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNA; ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS; UWB-SENSOR;

HORN ANTENNAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVES; SCANNING;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 79952141425     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2103009     Document Type: Article

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