A prototype system of microwave induced thermo-acoustic tomography for breast tumor

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 464-467

  Zhu, Xiaozhang ^a   Zhao, Zhiqin ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Nie, Zaiping ^a   Liu, Qinghuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CIRCULAR SCANNING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; HIGH CONTRAST; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; MICROWAVE PULSE; NORMAL TISSUE; PROTOTYPE SYSTEM; RECEIVED SIGNALS; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SUBMILLIMETERS; SYSTEM CONTROLLERS; THEORETICAL RESEARCH;

ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOACOUSTICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTICS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883582872     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6345968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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