MRI-derived 3-D-printed breast phantom for microwave breast imaging validation

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 1610-1613

  Burfeindt, Matthew J ^a   Colgan, Timothy J ^a   Mays, R Owen ^a   Shea, Jacob D ^a   Behdad, Nader ^a   Van Veen, Barry D ^a   Hagness, Susan C ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave imaging; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIQUIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; FIBROGLANDULAR; FIBROGLANDULAR TISSUE; FREQUENCY RANGES; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PHANTOMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84901009779     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2012.2236293     Document Type: Article

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