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Citations
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5254
National Ranking
236

Overview

Elise C. Fear is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada and has made substantial contributions across engineering and medicine, focusing primarily on biomedical engineering and imaging techniques.

Their research spans key topics including:

  • Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques

Elise C. Fear's publication record indicates active engagement in high-impact venues often connected to biomedical and engineering disciplines. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • Medical Physics

Their recent papers highlight a focus on medical imaging and microwave applications, with notable publications such as:

  • "Study of the Dielectric Properties of Artificial Sweat Mixtures at Microwave Frequencies," 2020, Biosensors
  • "An Institutional Self-Study of Text-Matching Software in a Canadian Graduate-Level Engineering Program," 2020, Journal of Academic Ethics
  • "Microwave imaging for monitoring breast cancer treatment: A pilot study," 2023, Medical Physics
  • "Breast tissue mimicking phantoms for combined ultrasound and microwave imaging," 2021, Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • "Evaluating Performance of Microwave Image Reconstruction Algorithms: Extracting Tissue Types with Segmentation Using Machine Learning," 2021, Journal of Imaging

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Pedram Mojabi
  • Jeremie Bourqui
  • Brendon C. Besler
  • Zahra Lasemiimeni
  • Roger Y. Tsang

Elise C. Fear's interdisciplinary research bridges electrical and electronic engineering with biomedical applications, emphasizing both theoretical and practical advances in imaging technologies. Their extensive work in microwave imaging and related measurement techniques contributes to ongoing developments in diagnostic and therapeutic processes in medicine.

Best Publications

  • Confocal microwave imaging for breast cancer detection: localization of tumors in three dimensions

    E.C. Fear;X. Li;S.C. Hagness;M.A. Stuchly

  • Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging

    E.C. Fear;S.C. Hagness;P.M. Meaney;M. Okoniewski

  • Microwaves for breast cancer detection

    E.C. Fear;P.M. Meaney;M.A. Stuchly

  • Microwave detection of breast cancer

    E.C. Fear;M.A. Stuchly

  • Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna With Dielectric Director for Near-Field Microwave Imaging

    Jeremie Bourqui;Michal Okoniewski;Elise C Fear

  • Microwave Breast Imaging With a Monostatic Radar-Based System: A Study of Application to Patients

    E. C. Fear;J. Bourqui;C. Curtis;D. Mew

  • Tissue Sensing Adaptive Radar for Breast Cancer Detection—Experimental Investigation of Simple Tumor Models

    J.M. Sill;E.C. Fear

  • Experimental feasibility study of confocal microwave imaging for breast tumor detection

    E.C. Fear;J. Sill;M.A. Stuchly

  • A prototype system for measuring microwave frequency reflections from the breast

    J. Bourqui;J. M. Sill;E. C. Fear

  • Traveling-wave antenna

    Jeremie Bourqui;Elise C. Fear;Michal Okoniewski

  • Microwave imaging of the breast.

    Elise C. Fear

  • Modeling assemblies of biological cells exposed to electric fields

    E.C. Fear;M.A. Stuchly

  • Microwave system for breast tumor detection

    E.C. Fear;M.A. Stuchly

  • Compact antenna for Radar-based breast cancer detection

    Xing Yun;E.C. Fear;R.H. Johnston

  • A New Breast Phantom With a Durable Skin Layer for Microwave Breast Imaging

    John Garrett;Elise Fear

  • Tissue sensing adaptive radar for breast cancer detection: study of immersion liquids

    J.M. Sill;E.C. Fear

  • Stable and Flexible Materials to Mimic the Dielectric Properties of Human Soft Tissues

    John Garrett;Elise Fear

  • Biological cells with gap junctions in low-frequency electric fields

    E.C. Fear;M.A. Stuchly

  • Balanced Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for Breast Cancer Detection

    Jeremie Bourqui;Michal Okoniewski;Elise C. Fear

  • Dielectric-filled slotline bowtie antenna for breast cancer detection

    C.J. Shannon;E.C. Fear;M. Okoniewski

  • System for Bulk Dielectric Permittivity Estimation of Breast Tissues at Microwave Frequencies

    Jeremie Bourqui;Elise C. Fear

Frequent Co-Authors

Joe LoVetri
Joe LoVetri University of Manitoba
Susan C. Hagness
Susan C. Hagness University of Wisconsin–Madison
Martin Glavin
Martin Glavin University of Galway

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