Title :
A new approach to detecting leukemia: using computational electromagnetics
Author :
Colton, David ; Monk, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Sci., Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Because leukemia changes the electrical properties of bone marrow, it might be possible to detect the disease via electromagnetic imaging, numerical experiments using inverse problem solving and synthetic data suggest that this approach may work
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; bone; inverse problems; computational electromagnetics; disease detection; electromagnetic imaging; inverse problem solving; leukemia detection; numerical experiments; synthetic data; Biomedical imaging; Bones; Computational electromagnetics; Conductivity; Electromagnetic scattering; Inverse problems; Leg; Mathematical model; Microwave imaging; Permittivity;
Journal_Title :
Computational Science & Engineering, IEEE