Tissue sensing adaptive radar for breast cancer detection: skin outline creation on a complex simulated hemispherical breast model

In this contribution, estimates of skin location and thickness for a hemispherical model are explored. This information is then applied to create an outline of the model. Antenna scan patterns for three scenarios are examined: a two dimensional coronal scan pattern involving 20 antenna locations, a nine row scan pattern involving 10 antennas per row, and a two dimensional sagital scan pattern involving 37 scan positions in the z - y plane. The use of multiple rows is shown to be beneficial in coronal outline. The sagital outline creation used horizontally placed antennas in a position that would have been inaccessible with the vertical antennas. The scan pattern and placement of antennas must be well conceived and will have to adapt to specific shapes of models to be successful in creating a usable outline.