A Microparticle Swarm Optimizer for the Reconstruction of Microwave Images

Author

Huang, Tony ; Mohan, Ananda Sanagavarapu

Author_Institution

Microwave & Wireless Technol. Res. Lab., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

568

Lastpage

576

Abstract

A novel optimization technique known as the microparticle swarm optimizer (muPSO) is proposed for high-dimensional microwave image reconstruction. With the proposed muPSO, good optimization performance can be obtained especially for solving high-dimensional optimization problems. In addition, the proposed muPSO requires only a small population size to outperform the standard PSO that uses a larger population size. Our simulation results on the reconstruction of the dielectric properties of normal and malignant breast tissues have shown that the muPSO can perform quite well for this high-dimensional microwave image reconstruction problem

Keywords

biological organs; biological tissues; dielectric properties; image reconstruction; mammography; medical image processing; microwave imaging; particle swarm optimisation; breast tissue; dielectric properties; microparticle swarm optimizer; microwave image reconstruction; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Dielectrics; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave technology; Microwave theory and techniques; Optimization methods; Particle swarm optimization; Space technology; Microparticle swarm optimizer ( $mu$PSO); microwave imaging; noninvasive profile evaluation; optimization methods; particle swarm optimizer (PSO);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2007.891545

Filename

4120266