Development of anatomically and dielectrically accurate breast phantoms for microwave imaging applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9077, Issue , 2014, Pages

  O'Halloran, M ^a   Lohfeld, S ^a   Ruvio, G ^b   Browne, J ^a   Krewer, F ^c   Ribeiro, C O ^c   Inacio Pita, V C ^c   Conceicao, R C ^a   Jones, E ^a   Glavin, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer Detection; Microwave Imaging; Phantoms; Radar

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISEASES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; TISSUE;

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; CANCEROUS TISSUES; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; MICROWAVE BREAST IMAGING; MICROWAVE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 84905695083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2049853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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