International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 850149, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/850149
Research Article

Antenna Evaluation for Ultra-Wideband Microwave Imaging

Jeremie Bourqui, Mark A. Campbell, Trevor Williams, and Elise C. Fear

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada

Received 4 December 2009; Accepted 7 February 2010

Academic Editor: Miguel Ferrando

Copyright © 2010 Jeremie Bourqui et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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