Title :
Experimental and numerical investigations of a High-resolution 3D microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection
Author :
Liu, Qing H. ; Yu, Chun ; Stang, John ; Yuan, Mengqing ; Bresslour, Elan ; George, Rhett T. ; Ybarra, Gary ; Joines, William T.
Author_Institution :
Duke Univ., Durham
Abstract :
In this paper, we have developed a prototype 3D microwave imaging system for breast cancer diagnosis and screening. This presentation will give an overview of the hardware development, forward electromagnetic wave propagation models, nonlinear inverse scattering algorithms for this 3D microwave imaging system. This high sensitivity enables the 3D system to collect accurate scattering data from small phantom tumors.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical imaging; cancer; electromagnetic wave scattering; gynaecology; image resolution; microwave imaging; microwave propagation; phantoms; tumours; breast cancer diagnosis; breast cancer screening; forward electromagnetic wave propagation models; high-resolution 3D microwave imaging system; nonlinear inverse scattering algorithms; phantom tumors; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Hardware; High-resolution imaging; Inverse problems; Microwave imaging; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4395963
