Title :
Ultra-wide band TEM horn antenna for microwave imaging of the breast
Author :
Amineh, Reza K. ; Trehan, Aastha ; Nikolova, Natalia K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON
Abstract :
A novel TEM horn antenna enclosed in a dielectric medium is proposed for microwave imaging of the breast. The outer surface of the dielectric enclosure is covered partially by copper sheets and a microwave absorbing sheet in order to electromagnetically isolate the antenna from surrounding interferences and to couple most of the microwave energy to the tissue. The results show that the antenna operates well in the whole UWB frequency band without the need for a coupling medium.
Keywords :
biological tissues; horn antennas; medical image processing; microwave imaging; ultra wideband antennas; breast; copper sheets; microwave absorbing sheet; microwave imaging; tissue; ultrawideband TEM horn antenna; Breast; Copper; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic interference; Frequency; Horn antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Ultra wideband antennas; TEM horn antenna; breast cancer detection; microwave imaging; ultra-wide band;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Science Meeting, 2009. ANTEM/URSI 2009. 13th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2979-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2980-6
DOI :
10.1109/ANTEMURSI.2009.4805080
