Title :
Experimental feasibility study of confocal microwave imaging for breast tumor detection
Author :
Fear, Elise C. ; Sill, Jeff ; Stuchly, Maria A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Canada
fDate :
3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Initial experimental verification of confocal microwave imaging for breast tumor detection is described. Simple phantoms, consisting of a PVC pipe and objects representing tumors, are scanned with resistively loaded monopole or horn antennas. Successful reduction of clutter and detection of a variety of two-dimensional objects is demonstrated.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; cancer; clutter; horn antennas; microwave imaging; monopole antennas; phantoms; tumours; PVC pipe; breast cancer; clutter; confocal microwave imaging; horn antenna; monopole antenna; phantom; resistively loaded antenna; tumor detection; two-dimensional object; Breast tumors; Frequency; Horn antennas; Imaging phantoms; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microwave imaging; Numerical models; Object detection; Radar scattering; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2003.808630
