Design of Vivaldi antenna for brain cancer detection

Author

Jasmine Angel, J. ; Jones Mary, T. Anita

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Karunya Univ., Coimbatore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

13-14 Feb. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A UWB Vivaldi antenna has been proposed for brain cancer detection. A Phantom model with dielectric properties of a human brain is designed. The radiation pattern of an UWB Vivaldi antenna exposed to the human brain model is analyzed. The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of Electromagnetic waves by the human brain from the antenna is calculated. It is found that the human brain phantom model with a tumour cell has higher values of SAR when compared to the healthy brain model. The values of SAR for both cases have been tabulated. The designed UWB Vivaldi antenna is simulated by using FEKO Suite 5.5 Software.

Keywords

brain; cancer; electromagnetic wave propagation; medical image processing; microwave imaging; object detection; ultra wideband antennas; FEKO Suite 5.5 Software; SAR; UWB Vivaldi antenna; brain cancer detection; electromagnetic waves; human brain phantom model; microwave imaging; specific absorption rate; tumour cell; Antennas; Bandwidth; Educational institutions; Electric variables measurement; Equations; Scattering parameters; Software; Brain cancer detection; SAR; UWB; Vivaldi antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2321-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECS.2014.6892759

Filename

6892759