• DocumentCode
    2691545
  • Title

    Design of dielectric resonator sensor with minimized ground plane size for microwave breast cancer detection

  • Author

    Huang, Wei ; Kishk, Ahmed A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Mississippi Univ., MS
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    9-14 July 2006
  • Firstpage
    1115
  • Lastpage
    1118
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a wideband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) sensor with small ground plane is designed for microwave breast cancer detection. A coaxial probe excites a two-steps stair shaped DRA. To reduce the backward leakage with the small ground plane size a quarter wavelength choke is added to the back of the ground plane. The impedance bandwidth of 46% is achieved. The effect of attaching the sensor to the breast tissue is investigated when the sensor is directly attached to the breast tissue
  • Keywords
    cancer; dielectric resonator antennas; electric sensing devices; mammography; microwave antennas; microwave imaging; object detection; breast tissue; coaxial probe; ground plane size; impedance bandwidth; microwave breast cancer detection; quarter wavelength choke; wideband dielectric resonator antenna sensor; Breast cancer; Breast tissue; Broadband antennas; Cancer detection; Coaxial components; Dielectric resonator antennas; Inductors; Microwave antennas; Microwave sensors; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0123-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2006.1710731
  • Filename
    1710731