A robust and artifact resistant algorithm of ultrawideband imaging system for breast cancer detection

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1514-1525

  Yin, Tengfei ^a   Ali, Falah H ^a   Reyes Aldasoro, Constantino Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer detection; Delay and sum (DAS); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Ultrawideband (UWB) imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HISTOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE; TUMORS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST CANCER SCREENING; DELAY AND SUMS; DIELECTRIC CONTRASTS; FINITE -DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS (FDTD); SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; ULTRA WIDEBAND RADARS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84928381801     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2015.2393256     Document Type: Article

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