Title :
An Improved Hemispeherical Antenna Array Design for Breast Imaging
Author :
Craddock, I.J. ; Klemm, Michael ; Leendertz, J. ; Preece, A.W. ; Benjamin, R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Bristol, Bristol
Abstract :
This contribution presents a stacked-patch antenna designed for breast imaging. The design is compact (17 mm times 17 mm in cross section) and is well-matched from 4.5 GHz to nearly 9 GHz. Consideration is given to the ability of the antenna to radiate a broadband pulse into the breast, and the antenna is shown to perform well in this respect. An antenna array based around this element design is presented, along with a sample image from a phantom experiment.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; medical image processing; microstrip antennas; antenna radiation; breast imaging; broadband pulse; hemispeherical antenna array; stacked-patch antenna; Imaging; antenna; array; breast; patch;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
