Improvement of the confidence interval level of multi-frequency microwave radiometer system for measuring deep brain temperature in new born infants

Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1562-1565

  Sugiura, T ^a   Umehara, N ^a   Mizushina, S ^b   Hirata, H ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hamamatsu Science Promotion Financial Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HYPOTHERMIC TREATMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PASSIVE MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE SENSING;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 81755161643     PISSN: 15599450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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