Peak-Power-Limited Frequency-Domain Microwave-Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging for Handheld Diagnostic and Screening Tools

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 2607-2616

  Nan, Hao ^a   Arbabian, Amin ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical imaging; frequency domain analysis; thermoacoustic (TA) imaging; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; THERMOACOUSTICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COHERENT FREQUENCY; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACHES; MICROWAVE-INDUCED; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATIOS; THERMOACOUSTIC IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 85008466131     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2637909     Document Type: Article

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