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Mathematical Problems in Microwave Medical Imaging

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Computational Radiology and Imaging

Part of the book series: The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications ((IMA,volume 110))

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The change in tissue structure due to cancer causes the index of refraction of the tissue to change. Hence the question is posed if it is possible to detect the presence of cancer by microwave imagining. In this paper we survey recent results we have obtained on the use of microwaves to detect leukemia in the bone marrow of the leg that suggest that this is possible. Our emphasis in this paper is on the mathematical problems that arise in this investigation.

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  1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716, USA

    David Colton & Peter Monk

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 02155, USA

    Christoph Börgers

  2. Institut für Numerische und instrumentelle Mathematik, Universität Münster, Einsteinstrasse 62, D-48149, Münster, Germany

    Frank Natterer

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Colton, D., Monk, P. (1999). Mathematical Problems in Microwave Medical Imaging. In: Börgers, C., Natterer, F. (eds) Computational Radiology and Imaging. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 110. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1550-9_8

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