Measurement of electrical characteristics of female breast tissues for the development of the breast cancer detector

Progress In Electromagnetics Research C

Volumn 30, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-199

  Kim, T H ^a   Pack, J K ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST TISSUES; COLE-COLE MODELS; DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FEMALE BREAST; FREQUENCY RANGES; MEASURED RESULTS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SAMPLE HOLDERS;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HISTOLOGY; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

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EID: 84864268177     PISSN: 19378718     EISSN: 15309681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIERC12050704     Document Type: Article

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