Data collection strategies and their impact on 3D microwave imaging of the breast

Author

Meaney, Paul M. ; Fang, Qianqian ; Paulsen, Keith D.

Author_Institution

Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

183

Abstract

Microwave tomographic imaging has been proposed as a novel technique for detecting breast cancer because of the reported high normal/malignant tissue property contrast. While our 2D approaches have provided valuable insight into what is achievable, microwave signal propagation is inherently a 3D phenomenon best handled with 3D techniques. In this paper we discuss possible image data set configurations and their impact on the overall image quality. This data will provide valuable insight for the design and implementation of our 3D data acquisition system

Keywords

biological tissues; cancer; data acquisition; mammography; medical image processing; microwave imaging; object detection; 3D microwave imaging; breast cancer detection; data acquisition system; data collection strategies; image quality; malignant tissue; microwave signal propagation; microwave tomographic imaging; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Data acquisition; Electromagnetic heating; Finite difference methods; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Time domain analysis; Tomography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551516

Filename

1551516