MITOSIN A NEW PROLIFERATION MARKER FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Not Available Currently available broad-band, dual-polarized microwave absorbers are costly, thick, and heavy. This limits their use for reducing RCS and EMI on military vehicles. Fortunately, for RCS problems the areas needing treatment are localized, and for EMI problems the on-board sensor locations are known ahead of time. This enables significant optimization of the absorber to minimize cost and size. A new absorber is proposed that uses this fact to full advantage. It is proposed that a very thin layer of metallization, containing a pattern of small resistively loaded elements, be added to an existing thin iron-loaded rubber type of absorber. The advantages of adding this layer are threefold. First, the orientation and loading of the elements provide the anisotropy needed for absorption of arbitrarily polarized waves. Second, since the absorption takes place in a very thin layer instead of over a volume, it is inherently lightweight. Third, the pattern can be optimized and fabricated using low-cost printed circuit board techniques. The type of absorber proposed is sufficiently pliable to be easily cut and wrapped to cover the surface where needed on military and commercial vehicles.