• DocumentCode
    1261936
  • Title

    Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging

  • Author

    Fear, Elise C. ; Hagness, Susan C. ; Meaney, Paul M. ; Okoniewski, Michal ; Stuchly, Maria A.

  • Author_Institution
    Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    This article outlines the main features of active, passive, and hybrid systems under investigation for breast cancer detection. Our main focus is on active microwave systems, in particular microwave tomography and confocal microwave imaging
  • Keywords
    biomedical imaging; cancer; gynaecology; microwave imaging; tumours; Debye curve fits; active imaging; active microwave systems; breast cancer detection; dielectric properties; hybrid microwave-acoustic imaging; microwave imaging; microwave tomography; near-field imaging; passive imaging; tissue contrast; tumour detection; Biomedical imaging; Breast cancer; Breast tissue; Breast tumors; Cancer detection; Mammography; Microwave frequencies; Microwave imaging; Optical imaging; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1527-3342
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6668.990683
  • Filename
    990683