Time-lapse imaging of human heart motion with switched array UWB radar

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 704-715

  Brovoll, Sverre ^a   Berger, Tor ^a   Paichard, Yoann ^a   Aardal, Oyvind ^b   Lande, Tor Sverre ^b   Hamran, Svein Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antenna array; electromagnetic propagation in absorbing media; heart; medical radar; MIMO radar; radar imaging; ultra wideband radar

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; HEART; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIMO RADAR; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR SYSTEMS; TRACKING RADAR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ANTENNA SWITCHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION IN ABSORBING MEDIAS; MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS; MEDICAL RADAR; RHYTHMIC MOTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

RADAR IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CARDIAC IMAGING; DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84910664207     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2014.2359995     Document Type: Article

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