Instantaneous microwave imaging with time-domain measurements for breast cancer detection

Author

Kwon, Susanna ; Lee, Sang-Rim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

49

Issue

10

fYear

2013

fDate

May 9 2013

Firstpage

639

Lastpage

641

Abstract

A breast cancer imaging system with time-domain measurements is proposed. This system is based on complementary metal-oxide semiconductor circuits such that it is very cost-effective and the image is acquired in a very short time. It consists of ultra-wideband transceivers and a master controller for system control and data collection. Simulation results with a 3D FDTD hemi-spherical breast model show the proposed system can reconstruct the breast image in the presence of possible disturbances such as clock skew, clock jitter, and white noise.

Keywords

CMOS image sensors; biomedical electronics; biomedical equipment; image denoising; image reconstruction; mammography; medical control systems; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; physiological models; 3D FDTD hemispherical breast model; CMOS circuits; breast cancer detection; breast cancer imaging system; breast image reconstruction; clock jitter; clock skew; complementary metal oxide semiconductor; data collection; instantaneous microwave imaging; master controller; system control; time domain measurements; ultra wideband transceivers; white noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el.2013.0248

Filename

6528798