Title :
Dielectric imaging for localisation and detection of breast tumours
Author :
Preece, A.W. ; Johnson, R.H. ; Green, J.L. ; Robinson, M.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Phys. & Bioeng., Bristol Oncol. Centre, UK
Abstract :
A new type of resonant dielectric sensor has been developed which is noninvasive but has adequate depth sensitivity for the detection of tumors. In the measurement in \´ and in " are estimated from the changes in resonant frequency and Q factor, respectively. A clinical measurement system has been tested on a breast tumor equivalent phantom and on patients and controls, and has been shown to be capable of demonstrating the presence of a tumor.<>
Keywords :
dielectric resonators; microwave imaging; patient diagnosis; Q factor; breast tumours; clinical; depth sensitivity; equivalent phantom; resonant dielectric sensor; resonant frequency; system; Breast neoplasms; Breast tumors; Dielectric measurements; Frequency estimation; Frequency measurement; Q factor; Q measurement; Resonance; Resonant frequency; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1993., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1209-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1993.277073
