Accuracy evaluation of ultrawideband time domain systems for microwave imaging

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4279-4285

  Zeng, Xuezhi ^a   Fhager, Andreas ^a   Persson, Mikael ^a   Linner, Peter ^a   Zirath, Herbert ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; measurement errors; microwave imaging; random noise; time domain measurements

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY EVALUATION; ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEAR FIELDS; RANDOM NOISE; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; TIME DOMAIN; TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN SYSTEMS; ULTRA WIDE BAND SYSTEMS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80455150520     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2164174     Document Type: Article

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