Human Breast Phantoms: Test Beds for the Development of Microwave Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies

IEEE Pulse

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 66-70

  Neira, Luz Maria ^a   Mays, R Owen ^a,b   Hagness, Susan C ^a  

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

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EQUIPMENT TESTING; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; BREAST PHANTOM; EXPERIMENTAL TESTBED; HIGH-FIDELITY; MICROWAVE DIAGNOSTICS; MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES;

MICROWAVES;

ABLATION THERAPY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; THERMOACOUSTIC TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; IMAGING PHANTOM;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROWAVES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 85029009909     PISSN: 21542287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MPUL.2017.2701489     Document Type: Article

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