Microwave breast imaging with a monostatic radar-based system: A study of application to patients

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2119-2128

  Fear, E C ^a   Bourqui, J ^a   Curtis, C ^a   Mew, D ^a   Docktor, B ^a   Romano, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave breast imaging; patient study; radar imaging; ultra wideband (UWB) radar

Indexed keywords

HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; MONOSTATIC; PATIENT HISTORY; PATIENT STUDY; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNAL;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR IMAGING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84877788145     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2255884     Document Type: Article

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