Contrast enhanced beamforming for breast cancer detection

Progress In Electromagnetics Research B

Volumn , Issue 28, 2011, Pages 219-234

  Byrne, Dallan ^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

APPROPRIATE METRICS; BEAM FORMERS; BEAMFORMING ALGORITHMS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST PHANTOM; BREAST SCREENING; CANCEROUS TISSUES; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST-ENHANCED; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC REFLECTION; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; MALIGNANT TISSUES; MALIGNANT TUMORS; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE PULSE; PHASE EFFECTS; REFLECTED SIGNAL; SIMULATED DATA;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; TUMORS;

BEAMFORMING;

EID: 79954553811     PISSN: 19376472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERB10120807     Document Type: Article

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