Title :
A study of UWB imaging for bone cancer detection
Author :
Urdaneta, Maryory ; Wahid, Parveen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The use of UWB imaging for bone cancer is described. A UWB monopole antenna in the 1-10 GHz range is used to scan a three layer model of bone, muscle, bone cortex and marrow, with and without a tumor. Using image reconstruction techniques, the results for the detection of the tumor and for an estimation of the tumor size are presented. Tumors of a radius from 8 to 30 mm and at a depth from 2 to 31 mm inside the bone and marrow layer are considered.
Keywords :
image reconstruction; medical image processing; monopole antennas; object detection; ultra wideband antennas; UWB imaging; UWB monopole antenna; bone cancer detection; bone cortex scan; bone layer; frequency 1 GHz to 10 GHz; image reconstruction techniques; marrow layer; marrow scan; muscle scan; three layer model; tumor detection; tumor size; Bones; Brain modeling; Cancer; Imaging; Mathematical model; Reflection; Tumors; Bone cancer; UWB detection; time-domain signal reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2031-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICUWB.2012.6340479
