Breast cancer detection based on differen-tial ultrawideband microwave radar

Progress In Electromagnetics Research M

Volumn 20, Issue , 2011, Pages 231-242

  Byrne, D ^a   O'Halloran, M ^a   Glavin, M ^a   Jones, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER SIGNALS; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST TISSUES; CANCER DETECTION; CANCEROUS GROWTH; CANCEROUS TISSUES; DETECTION RATES; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; SINGLE SCAN; TEMPORAL CHANGE; ULTRAWIDE-BAND MICROWAVE IMAGING; ULTRAWIDEBAND MICROWAVES; UWB IMAGING;

DISEASES; RADAR IMAGING; TISSUE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 80053159949     PISSN: 19378726     EISSN: 10988963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERM11080810     Document Type: Article

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