Design of a miniaturized dual-band patch antenna as an array element for microwave breast imaging

Author

Aguilar, Suzette M. ; Al-Joumayly, Mudar A. ; Hagness, Susan C. ; Behdad, Nader

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper a dual-band miniaturized patch antenna element for a 3-D breast imaging sensor array is designed, fabricated, and validated experimentally. The miniaturized patch antenna exhibits higher gain at the desired frequencies. This will ensure a higher signal-to-noise ratio and imaging sensitivity when immersed in the coupling medium. A high degree of correlation between simulated and measured values is obtained. Due to its miniature size, multi-frequency performance, and efficient radiation characteristics, this antenna is a promising candidate for use in a 3-D microwave tomographic system.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; image sensors; microstrip antenna arrays; 3-D breast imaging sensor array; 3-D microwave tomographic system; dual-band patch antenna array; imaging sensitivity; microwave breast imaging; signal-to-noise ratio; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5561873

Filename

5561873