On the use of different polarization measurements in microwave imaging of breast cancer tumors

Author

Fhager, Andreas ; Persson, Mats ; Hoi-Shun Lui

Author_Institution

Deptment of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper the use of different polarization data in microwave image reconstruction is investigated. The present study is based on numerical simulation data of a generic breast phantom, and a time domain FDTD based reconstruction method. In general, reconstruction results are be both application and algorithm dependent. The results show very different reconstructed images when using different polarization data. We conclude that polarization could be an important factor to consider when optimizing the design of a microwave imaging system.

Keywords

biological organs; cancer; finite difference time-domain analysis; image reconstruction; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; tumours; breast cancer tumors; generic breast phantom; microwave image reconstruction; microwave imaging system; numerical simulation; polarization data; polarization measurements; time domain FDTD-based reconstruction method; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Cancer; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Antibes Juan-les-Pins

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAMA.2014.7003336

Filename

7003336