Breast cancer detection in highly dense numerical breast phantoms using time reversal

Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 859-862

  Hossain, Md Delwar ^a   Mohan, Ananda Sanagavarapu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CANCEROUS LESIONS; CONTRAST-ENHANCING AGENTS; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; MICROWAVE IMAGING; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; TIME REVERSAL TECHNIQUES;

ELECTROMAGNETISM; TUMORS;

DISEASES;

EID: 84888383516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632359     Document Type: Conference Paper

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