Title :
Evaluation of a microwave tomography system for animal tissue imaging
Author :
Ostadrahimi, Majid ; Zakaria, Amer ; Mojabi, Puyan ; LoVetri, Joe ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Abstract :
A microwave tomography system comprising twenty-four dipole antennas is evaluated for imaging animal tissues. The tissue and antennas are immersed into different salt-water solutions. Three solutions, exploiting different amount of conductivities, are used as matching fluid and the data at different frequencies are collected. Quantitative images are successfully reconstructed. Various parts of the tissue are discernible and they agree with the dielectric measurements obtained directly by a dielectric probe.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; dielectric measurement; dipole antennas; image reconstruction; medical image processing; animal tissue imaging; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; dielectric measurements; dielectric probe; image reconstruction; microwave tomography system; quantitative images; salt- water solutions; twenty-four dipole antennas; Biomedical measurements; Bovine; Dielectric measurements; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Imaging; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348546
