MUSIC processing for permittivity estimation in a Delay-and-Sum imaging system

Author

Sarafianou, M. ; Craddock, I.J. ; Henriksson, Tommy ; Klemm, Michael ; Gibbins, D.R. ; Preece, A.W. ; Leendertz, J.A. ; Benjamin, R.

Author_Institution

Centre of Commun. & Res., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

839

Lastpage

842

Abstract

Estimating the permittivity value for the internal breast structure can be useful towards enhancing a Delay-and-Sum (DAS) algorithm. This paper introduces a frequency-domain MUSIC super-resolution algorithm for estimating the time-of-flight (ToF) of signals travelling through the breast tissues considering Bristol´s 31-element experimental system.

Keywords

biological organs; biological tissues; cancer; frequency-domain analysis; medical image processing; microwave imaging; permittivity; tumours; 31-element experimental system; DAS algorithm; MUSIC processing; breast tissues; delay-sum algorithm; delay-sum imaging system; frequency-domain MUSIC super-resolution algorithm; internal breast structure; permittivity estimation; permittivity value; time-of-flight signal travelling; Antennas and propagation; Arrays; Breast; Imaging; Microwave communication; Permittivity; Radar imaging; MUSIC super-resolution algorithm; microwave radar-based imaging; permittivity estimation; time-of-flight (ToF) estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546398