Characterizing a proposed sixteen-element array antenna designed for microwave imaging of breast cancer

Author

Modiri, A. ; Kiasaleh, Kamran ; Chandrahas, S.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2013

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

63

Abstract

Microwave imaging (MI) has been widely studied for cancer detection recently. In this technique, either an array or a scanning antenna is used. Employing an array has the advantage of avoiding the mechanical issues of a scanning antenna. Moreover, a scanning antenna is not a practical arrangement for self-examination purposes. However, designing the array still remains an important topic in MI. In this paper, a new array is designed and characterized at 1.2GHz for breast cancer detection and the radiation properties are studied.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; biomedical imaging; cancer; mammography; microwave antenna arrays; microwave imaging; antenna radiation properties; breast cancer detection; frequency 1.2 GHz; microwave imaging; scanning antenna; sixteen-element array antenna; Arrays; Breast cancer; Microwave antenna arrays; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Antenna array; cancer detection; microwave imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Sensors and Sensor Networks (WiSNet), 2013 IEEE Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-3104-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2931-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WiSNet.2013.6488634

Filename

6488634