DocumentCode
1172525
Title
Experimental feasibility study of confocal microwave imaging for breast tumor detection
Author
Fear, Elise C. ; Sill, Jeff ; Stuchly, Maria A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Canada
Volume
51
Issue
3
fYear
2003
fDate
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
887
Lastpage
892
Abstract
Initial experimental verification of confocal microwave imaging for breast tumor detection is described. Simple phantoms, consisting of a PVC pipe and objects representing tumors, are scanned with resistively loaded monopole or horn antennas. Successful reduction of clutter and detection of a variety of two-dimensional objects is demonstrated.
Keywords
biomedical imaging; cancer; clutter; horn antennas; microwave imaging; monopole antennas; phantoms; tumours; PVC pipe; breast cancer; clutter; confocal microwave imaging; horn antenna; monopole antenna; phantom; resistively loaded antenna; tumor detection; two-dimensional object; Breast tumors; Frequency; Horn antennas; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microwave imaging; Numerical models; Object detection; Radar scattering; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9480
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMTT.2003.808630
Filename
1191744
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