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Analysis of female human breast tissues at microwave frequencies
Author(s) -
Bindu G.,
Mathew K. T.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23160
Subject(s) - microwave , human breast , dielectric , materials science , perturbation (astronomy) , microwave cavity , breast tissue , resonant cavity , optoelectronics , breast cancer , physics , medicine , optics , telecommunications , engineering , cancer , quantum mechanics , laser
Complex permittivities of in vitro female human breast tissues have been measured at the ISM band using rectangular resonant cavity perturbation technique. Ranges of dielectric properties and water contents of these tissues are presented. The results show that benign and malignant breast tumors can be characterized based on the variation of the dielectric properties with respect to the dielectric parameters of the normal breast tissues. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 614–616, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23160