An improved wavefront reconstruction method for breast microwave imaging

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women the 55 to 74 age range. In recent years, Breast microwave imaging (BMI) has shown its potential as a promising breast cancer detection technique. This imaging technology is based on the electrical characteristic differences that exist between normal and malignant breast tissues at the microwave frequency range. A novel reconstruction approach for the formation of 2D BMI models is proposed in this paper. This technique uses the phase differences introduced during the collection of target responses in order to determine the correct spatial location of the different structures that constitute the final image. The proposed method yielded promising results when applied to simulated data sets obtained from magnetic resonance images (MRI).