3D experimental detection and discrimination of malignant and benign breast tumor using NN-based UWB imaging system

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2011, Pages 221-237

  Alshehri, S A ^a   Khatun, Sabira ^b   Jantan, A B ^a   Abdullah, R S A Raja ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Awang, Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CONTENT; BREAST PHANTOM; BREAST TUMOR; CONDUCTIVITY DETECTION; DETECTION ACCURACY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATORS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN LIVES; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; PETROLEUM JELLY; RECEIVED SIGNALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TUMOR DETECTION; UWB SIGNALS; WHEAT FLOURS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERMITTIVITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TUMORS; WATER CONTENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79958087925     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11022601     Document Type: Article

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