Title :
Instantaneous microwave imaging with time-domain measurements for breast cancer detection
Author :
Kwon, Susanna ; Lee, Sang-Rim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A breast cancer imaging system with time-domain measurements is proposed. This system is based on complementary metal-oxide semiconductor circuits such that it is very cost-effective and the image is acquired in a very short time. It consists of ultra-wideband transceivers and a master controller for system control and data collection. Simulation results with a 3D FDTD hemi-spherical breast model show the proposed system can reconstruct the breast image in the presence of possible disturbances such as clock skew, clock jitter, and white noise.
Keywords :
CMOS image sensors; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; image denoising; image reconstruction; mammography; medical control systems; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; physiological models; 3D FDTD hemispherical breast model; CMOS circuits; breast cancer detection; breast cancer imaging system; breast image reconstruction; clock jitter; clock skew; complementary metal oxide semiconductor; data collection; instantaneous microwave imaging; master controller; system control; time domain measurements; ultra wideband transceivers; white noise;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2013.0248
