Heterogeneous breast phantom for ultra wideband microwave imaging

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1595-1598

  Bakar, Aslina Abu ^a   Abbosh, Amin ^a   Sharpe, Philip ^a   Bialkowski, M E ^a   Wang, Yifan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast phantom; microwave imaging; ultra wideband

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BREAST PHANTOM; EARLY BREAST CANCER; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; MICROWAVE IMAGING; ULTRAWIDEBAND MICROWAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROWAVES; TISSUE; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79955450090     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.26046     Document Type: Article

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