A three-dimensional time domain microwave imaging method for breast cancer detection based on an evolutionary algorithm

Progress In Electromagnetics Research M

Volumn 18, Issue , 2011, Pages 179-195

  Donelli, Massimo ^a   Craddock, I ^b   Gibbins, D ^b   Sarafianou, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; DISEASES; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST PHANTOM; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE METHODS; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME DOMAIN; TIME-DOMAIN DATA;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959898491     PISSN: 19378726     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERM11040903     Document Type: Article

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