Planar UWB antenna array for breast cancer detection

Author

Kikkawa, Takamaro ; Sugitani, T.

Author_Institution

Res. Inst. for Nanodevice & Bio Syst., Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

339

Lastpage

343

Abstract

A 4×4 planar ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array was developed for radar-based breast cancer detection system in the supine position. The the center frequency and the bandwidth of the antenna were 6 GHz and 12.5 GHz, respectively. The size of an antenna element was 11 mm × 13.1 mm. Confocal imaging was perfomed using breast phantoms whose characteristics were close to those of measured tumors, glandular and adipose tissues. The three-dimensional breast tumor images were reconstructed.

Keywords

cancer; image reconstruction; medical image processing; planar antenna arrays; radar detection; radar imaging; tumours; ultra wideband antennas; adipose tissues; bandwidth 12.5 GHz; breast cancer detection; breast phantoms; confocal imaging; frequency 6 GHz; planar UWB antenna array; planar ultrawideband antenna array; radar-based breast cancer detection system; supine position; three-dimensional breast tumor image reconstruction; tumors; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Breast cancer; CMOS integrated circuits; Ultra wideband antennas; CMOS; GMP; UWB; antenna; breast cancer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546278