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Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis

Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1951. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of microwave imaging techniques, including ultrawideband and confocal methods, for the detection and localization of breast cancer tumors. It explores the analysis of dielectric properties of breast tissues, time reversal techniques, and the development of clinical prototypes for active microwave imaging.

  • Microwave Imaging
  • Breast Cancer Detection
  • Ultrawideband Microwave
  • Confocal Microwave Imaging
  • Time Reversal
  • Dielectric Properties
  • Tumor Localization
  • Clinical Prototype
  • Near-Field Imaging
  • Inverse Scattering
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis

Which countries lead Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 400 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.6k works
  2. 2 United States 400 works
  3. 3 India 244 works
  4. 4 Italy 180 works
  5. 5 Germany 148 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 107 works
  7. 7 Japan 105 works
  8. 8 France 104 works
  9. 9 South Korea 95 works
  10. 10 Canada 91 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 52.2%United States: 13.0%India: 7.9%Italy: 5.8%6 others listed: 21.1%52%largest
China1,608 · 52.2%United States400 · 13.0%India244 · 7.9%Italy180 · 5.8%6 others listed649 · 21.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xidian University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 119 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 90 works
  3. 3 Xidian UniversityChina 83 works
  4. 4 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 62 works
  5. 5 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 52 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 41 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 37 works
  8. 8 Southeast UniversityChina 34 works
  9. 9 Beihang UniversityChina 33 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 28 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis include H. Vincent Poor and David L. Donoho.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  2. 2 David L. Donoho United States 154k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis?

The most cited paper in Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis is "Signal Recovery From Random Measurements Via Orthogonal Matching Pursuit" (Joel A. Tropp, Anna C. Gilbert, 2007), with 9,832 citations. Next come "Exact Matrix Completion via Convex Optimization" (5,176) and "CoSaMP: Iterative signal recovery from incomplete and inaccurate samples" (4,457).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Signal Recovery From Random Measurements Via Orthogonal Matching Pursuit Joel A. Tropp, Anna C. Gilbert · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Dec 2007 9,832
2 Exact Matrix Completion via Convex Optimization Emmanuel J. Candès, Benjamin Recht · Foundations of Computational Mathematics Open access 2 Apr 2009 5,176
3 CoSaMP: Iterative signal recovery from incomplete and inaccurate samples Deanna Needell, Joel A. Tropp · Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis Open access 23 Jul 2008 4,457
4 Compressive Sensing [Lecture Notes] Richard G. Baraniuk · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Jul 2007 4,190
5 The dielectric properties of biological tissues: III. Parametric models for the dielectric spectrum of tissues Sami Gabriel, R W M Lau, Camelia Gabriel · Physics in Medicine and Biology Open access Nov 1996 4,189
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Chengdu (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Winnipeg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 341 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 155 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 140 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 116 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 94 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 91 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 54 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 52 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 46 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WinnipegCA · 21.3 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis than the world average.

See Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis on the map

Where is the best place to study Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Xidian University and Southeast University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.85%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of OuluSoutheast UniversityUniversity of Electr…Xidian University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 63.312.2%31.2×119 -1.0%
2Xidian UniversityChina 62.512.1%33.8×83 -3.8%
3Southeast UniversityChina 61.517.6%6.7×34 +205.7%
4University of OuluFinland 59.324.9%8.9×8 +82.8%
5Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 57.210.4%13.0×52 +19.9%
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 54.514.2%6.7×37 +33.0%
7Central South UniversityChina 54.022.1%2.4×15 +70.4%
8The University of QueenslandAustralia 52.716.4%4.8×16 +7.9%
9University of CalgaryCanada 49.616.8%4.1×9 +31.0%
10National University of Defense TechnologyChina 48.211.8%23.8×62 -21.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis, country by country

Is Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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