DocumentCode
1967529
Title
A Millimeter-Wave Thermograph for Human Breast and Spine Scans
Author
Edrich, Jochen
Author_Institution
Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, 2050 Iliff Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80210, USA
fYear
1976
fDate
14-17 Sept. 1976
Firstpage
137
Lastpage
140
Abstract
Millimeter-wave thermographs for remote, noninvasive temperature sensing of the human body are described. Their penetration depth ranges from 0.1 mm to 1 cm thus overcoming the depth limitations of conventional infrared thermographs by several orders of magnitude. Potentially useful applications of this new method include clinical studies of the injured human spine and early detection of subcutaneous tumors such as breast cancer. Design details of an optimized, beam- or load switched thermograph for 69.5 GHz are presented which is presently undergoing clinical tests. It exhibits a temperature resolution of 0.25 °c for an integration time of 1 sec.
Keywords
Breast; Cancer detection; Colored noise; Frequency measurement; Humans; Millimeter wave technology; Mixers; Skin; Spatial resolution; Temperature distribution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 1976. 6th European
Conference_Location
Rome, Italy
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.1976.332261
Filename
4130927
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