Title :
Experimental feasibility of breast tumor detection and localization
Author :
Fear, E.C. ; Sill, J. ; Stuchly, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta., Canada
Abstract :
Microwave breast imaging with radar-based techniques has been proposed for breast tumor detection. The feasibility study reported in this paper is designed to evaluate detection and localization of objects in three dimensions (3D). Experimental setups consisting of a PVC pipe (skin) and wood spheres (tumors) are illuminated with a resistively loaded monopole antenna. Improved image reconstruction algorithms are applied to the measured data, and the resulting images demonstrate detection and localization of smaller 3D tumor models.
Keywords :
adaptive radar; biomedical imaging; image reconstruction; microwave imaging; monopole antennas; radar antennas; radar imaging; skin; tumours; 1.68 to 10.6 GHz; 3D breast tumor detection/localization; 3D tumor models; 5.24 GHz; PVC pipe/wood spheres experimental setup; TSAR; image reconstruction algorithms; radar-based microwave breast imaging; resistively loaded monopole antennas; skin/tumor illumination; tissue sensing adaptive radar; Antenna measurements; Breast neoplasms; Breast tumors; Image reconstruction; Loaded antennas; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Object detection; Radar detection; Skin neoplasms;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210957
