Terahertz imaging of breast cancer margin using the Linear Sampling Method

Author

Bowman, Tyler ; Hassan, Asif ; El-Shenawee, Magda

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

7-13 July 2013

Firstpage

538

Lastpage

539

Abstract

This work shows the basis for the use of the Linear Sampling Method (LSM) for imaging breast cancer tumor margins. The LSM has shown capability of low computational cost and qualitative shape and tomography image reconstruction in the microwave frequency range. Terahertz image reconstruction results of excised breast cancer tumor margins will be presented in the conference. The LSM algorithm will be examined on THz measurement data to be obtained using a pulsed terahertz imaging and spectroscopy system.

Keywords

cancer; image reconstruction; image sampling; medical image processing; terahertz wave imaging; terahertz wave spectra; tumours; THz measurement data; breast cancer tumor margin imaging; linear sampling method; low computational cost; microwave frequency range; pulsed terahertz imaging; pulsed terahertz spectroscopy system; qualitative shape; terahertz image reconstruction; tomography image reconstruction; Breast cancer; Dielectric measurement; Dielectrics; Image reconstruction; Tomography; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5315-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2013.6710929

Filename

6710929