Microwave cancer imaging exploiting magnetic nanoparticles as contrast agent

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2528-2536

  Bellizzi, Gennaro ^a   Bucci, Ovidio M ^a,b   Catapano, Ilaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer imaging; contrast agent; magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs); microwave imaging (MWI)

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER IMAGING; CANCER IMAGING; CONTRAST AGENT; MAGNETIC CONTRAST; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES (MNPS); MAGNETIC RESPONSE; MEASURED DATA; MICROWAVE IMAGING (MWI); MICROWAVE TECHNIQUE; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POLARIZING MAGNETIC FIELDS; RECONSTRUCTION CAPABILITY; SCATTERED FIELD;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80052047979     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2011.2158544     Document Type: Article

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