Improved resolution and reduced clutter in ultra-wideband microwave imaging using cross-correlated back projection: Experimental and numerical results

International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jacobsen, S ^a   Birkelund, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK PROJECTION; BACK-PROJECTION IMAGING; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST TISSUES; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; DELAY AND SUMS; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; ELLIPTICAL ANTENNAS; FOCUSING TECHNIQUE; IMAGE FORMATIONS; IMAGING METHOD; MALIGNANT TISSUES; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; RLS ALGORITHMS; SCANNING SYSTEMS; SIGNAL-TO-CLUTTER RATIOS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TUMOR RESPONSE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; ULTRAWIDEBAND MICROWAVES;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR IMAGING; TUMORS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 79953287974     PISSN: 16874188     EISSN: 16874196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/781095     Document Type: Article

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