Microwave Characterization of Female Human Breast Tissues

Author

Bindu, G. ; Abraham, Santhosh John ; Aanandan, C.K. ; Mathew, K.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Cochin Univ. of Sci. & Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

126

Abstract

Complex permittivities of in vitro female human breast tissues have been measured at the ISM band using rectangular resonant cavity perturbation technique. Ranges of dielectric properties and water contents of these tissue are presented. The results show that benign and malignant breast tumors can be characterized based on the variation of the dielectric properties with respect to the dielectric parameters of the normal breast tissues

Keywords

biological organs; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; cancer; cavity resonators; gynaecology; microwave imaging; permittivity; tumours; water; ISM band; benign breast tumors; dielectric permittivities; in vitro female human breast tissues; malignant breast tumors; microwave characterization; rectangular resonant cavity perturbation technique; tissue water contents; Breast tissue; Breast tumors; Cancer; Dielectric measurements; Humans; In vitro; Permittivity measurement; Perturbation methods; Resonance; Water; Biomedical applications of electromagnetic radiation; Microwave measurement; Permittivity measurement; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology, 2006. The 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-5-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2006.280450

Filename

4057453