Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Dielectric Properties of Tumorous and Non-tumorous Breast Tissues

Author

Khan, Usman ; Al-Moayed, Nawaf ; Nguyen, Nicholas ; Afsar, Mohammed ; Naber, Stephen

Author_Institution

High Frequency Mater. Measurement & Inf. Center Tufts Univ., Medford

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The refractive index, absorption coefficient, complex real and imaginary permittivity, and loss tangent of normal (non-tumorous) and tumorous breast tissues have been obtained from 0.2 to 0.9 THz. Dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopy was utilized to acquire the broadband millimeter and submillimeter wave dielectric properties and unique resonance signatures of breast tissues for the first time. Results indicate a significant difference in the electrical characteristics of tumorous and non-tumorous breast tissues.

Keywords

Fourier transform spectra; absorption coefficients; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; dielectric loss measurement; millimetre wave measurement; permittivity measurement; refractive index; submillimetre wave measurement; tumours; absorption coefficient; complex permittivity; dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopy; frequency 0.2 THz to 0.9 THz; loss tangent; millimeter wave dielectric properties; nontumorous breast tissues; refractive index; resonance signatures; submillimeter wave dielectric properties; tumorous breast tissues; Absorption; Breast tissue; Dielectrics; Dispersion; Electric variables; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Fourier transforms; Permittivity; Refractive index; Resonance; breast tissues; dielectric properties; dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopy; millimeter wave; submillimeter wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0588-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2007.379358

Filename

4258045