A smart antenna array for brain cancer detection

Author

Zhang, Haoyu ; El-Rayis, Ahmed O. ; Haridas, Nakul ; Noordin, Nurul H. ; Erdogan, Ahmet T. ; Arslan, Tughrul

Author_Institution

Adv. Smart Antenna Technol. Res. Group, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

14-15 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A smart antenna array is designed and fabricated for brain cancer detection. The smart antenna array is composed of three ultra-wideband vivaldi antennas. A brain model with 4 layers is created and simulated with the CST Microwave Studio. A radius of 5mm tumour model is placed into the white matter close to the skull. A short pulse is transmitted into the brain and the reflected signals are detected by one or more receiver antennas placed in different positions. Analysis of the reflected signals shows that using a smart antenna array based imaging system can be used for brain cancer detection.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; brain; cancer; medical image processing; medical signal detection; microwave antenna arrays; receiving antennas; tumours; ultra wideband antennas; wearable antennas; CST Microwave Studio; brain cancer detection; brain model; imaging system; receiver antenna; signal detection; smart antenna array design; tumour model; ultrawideband vivaldi antenna; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Brain modeling; Receiving antennas; Tumors; Vivaldi antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2011 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1014-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1015-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2011.6114045

Filename

6114045