Title :
Microwave detection of breast cancer: a study of tumor response variations
Author :
Fear, E.C. ; Stuchly, M.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
Microwave confocal imaging was recently introduced for breast tumor detection. This paper describes the physical configurations and image reconstruction algorithms of the authors´ proposed system. The number of antennas required for tumor detection is explored. The tumor response obtained in the images is examined with different model tumor sizes and variations on the image reconstruction techniques
Keywords :
cancer; image reconstruction; mammography; medical image processing; microwave imaging; tumours; antennas; breast cancer; image reconstruction algorithms; medical diagnostic imaging; microwave confocal imaging; physical configurations; tumor detection; tumor response variations; tumor size; Antenna arrays; Breast cancer; Breast neoplasms; Breast tumors; Cancer detection; Dipole antennas; Focusing; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900672
