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Computed tomography with microwaves.

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Computed tomographic images were generated using collimated microwaves of frequency 10.5 GHz instead of x rays. In the authors' laboratory version of a rotate-translate scanner, the beam is fixed and a phantom is moved between source and detector, the apparatus being suspended in a tank of fluid to provide impedance matching between phantom, source, and receiver. Phantoms consisting of test tubes of water, cylinders of wood, and animal tissues show spatial resolutions of about 2 cm. It is planned to apply the technique first to mammographic examination, which can best utilize the large difference in microwave absorption between fatty and nonfatty tissues.

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P S Rao, K Santosh, E C Gregg. 1980. Computed tomography with microwaves.. https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.135.3.7384471

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