Implementation of ultra-wideband sensors for biomedical applications
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With the ambitious aim to exploit the specific advantages of ultra-wideband (UWB) radio sensors for medical applications the project ultraMEDIS has been designed. The project focuses on the combination of UWB radar with magnetic resonance imaging, UWB radar based breast cancer detection, identification of various physiological signatures and the development of appropriate UWB antennas to accomplish these tasks. Index Terms – Ultra-wideband radar, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), breast cancer detection, MRI compatible antennas.
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