Wide-slot antenna for breast imaging applications

Author

Tiang, S.S. ; Hathal, M.S. ; Nik Anwar, N.S. ; Ain, M.F. ; Abdullah, M.Z.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia

fYear

2014

fDate

18-20 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A novel ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna oriented for imaging cancerous cells in human breast is proposed. Fed by 50 Ω microstrip line, the proposed design features a p-shaped wide-slot and printed on PCB substrate of size of 16 mm × 16 mm. This design is optimized resulting in an improved array ability and wideband characteristics. The image reconstruction is performed using the enhanced version of the delay-and-sum algorithm, from which the cross-sectional image depicting the permittivity distributions in heterogeneous breast is produced.

Keywords

biological organs; cancer; cellular biophysics; image enhancement; image reconstruction; medical image processing; microstrip antenna arrays; permittivity; ultra wideband antennas; PCB substrate; cancerous cell imaging; cross-sectional image depicting; delay-and-sum algorithm; heterogeneous breast; human breast imaging; image reconstruction; microstrip line; p-shaped wide-slot; permittivity distributions; resistance 50 ohm; ultrawideband antenna; wide-slot antenna; wideband characteristics; Antenna measurements; Breast; Imaging; Microstrip antennas; Microwave antennas; Radar imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Queenstown

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2180-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2014.6798905

Filename

6798905