An experimental system for time-domain microwave breast imaging

Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2906-2910

  Porter, Emily ^a   Santorelli, Adam ^a   Coates, Mark ^a   Popović, Milica ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN; TISSUE PHANTOM; TUMOR DETECTION; TUMOR SIZE; WIDEBAND ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

TUMORS;

EID: 79959679806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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