Title :
Transverse electric and magnetic components of field measurement for microwave breast cancer imaging
Author :
Sabouni, Abas ; Noghanian, Sima ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, the observation of scattered fields due to dipole and circular-loop antennas for illuminating the breast are investigated. The Transverse Magnetic (TM) and Transverse Electric (TE) components of scattered fields are examined for a numerical breast phantom over the frequency range of 3-7 GHz for both circular-loop and dipole antennas. Results obtain through simulations demonstrate the ability of the circular-loop antenna as transmitter for illuminating the object in a microwave tomography system.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical imaging; cancer; dipole antennas; loop antennas; mammography; microwave imaging; phantoms; breast cancer; circular-loop antenna; dipole antenna; frequency 3 GHz to 7 GHz; microwave imaging; microwave tomography system; numerical breast phantom; scattered field transverse electric component; scattered field transverse magnetic component; transmitter; Breast; Dipole antennas; Microwave antennas; Phantoms; Transmitting antennas; Tumors; circular loop antenna; dipole antenna; scattering; tumour signature;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference (ANTEM-AMEREM), 2010 14th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5049-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5050-3
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552518
