Title :
Aspects of antenna array configuration for UWB breast imaging
Author :
Helbig, M. ; Kmec, M. ; Sachs, J. ; Geyer, C. ; Hilger, I. ; Rimkus, G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Inf. Technol., Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Ilmenau, Germany
Abstract :
Microwave UWB radar and imaging provides perspectives for early-stage breast cancer detection. We present an experimental MIMO setup for breast phantom trials based on M-sequence radar technology and electrically short antennas (bowtie dipoles). This approach combines short impulse responses, sufficient fidelity and very small antenna dimension and allows array construction with sufficient number of antennas around the breast. Obtained imaging results will be presented and aspects regarding the array configuration will be discussed.
Keywords :
MIMO radar; bow-tie antennas; cancer; dipole antenna arrays; m-sequences; microwave antenna arrays; microwave imaging; phantoms; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband radar; M-sequence radar technology; UWB breast imaging; antenna array configuration; bowtie dipoles; breast phantom; early-stage breast cancer detection; electrically short antennas; experimental MIMO setup; microwave UWB imaging; microwave UWB radar; short impulse responses; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Breast; Phantoms; Radar imaging; M-sequence radar technology; UWB; breast cancer detection; breast phantoms; electrically short antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206594
