A clinical prototype for microwave breast imaging using time-domain measurements

Author

Porter, Emily ; Kirshin, E. ; Santorelli, Adam ; Popovic, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

830

Lastpage

832

Abstract

This work presents a clinical prototype for microwave breast imaging via multistatic radar using time-domain measurements. The imaging system involves a 16-element broadband antenna array that is integrated into a table for ease of interfacing with patients. We briefly describe the imaging system and discuss its incorporation into a tool appropriate for patient use, focusing on both medical and practical aspects. Further, we demonstrate the functionality of the complete system by reconstructing images of malignant tissues within realistically shaped and sized breast models.

Keywords

antenna arrays; biological organs; biological tissues; broadband antennas; cancer; image reconstruction; medical image processing; microwave imaging; time-domain analysis; 16-element broadband antenna array; clinical prototype; image reconstruction; imaging system; malignant tissues; microwave breast imaging; multistatic radar; realistically shaped breast models; realistically sized breast models; time-domain measurements; Antenna measurements; Breast; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Phantoms; Tumors; Biomedical imaging; cancer detection; microwave imaging; multistatic radar;

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

6546396