Evaluation of a microwave tomography system for animal tissue imaging

Author

Ostadrahimi, Majid ; Zakaria, Amer ; Mojabi, Puyan ; LoVetri, Joe ; Shafai, Lotfollah

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A microwave tomography system comprising twenty-four dipole antennas is evaluated for imaging animal tissues. The tissue and antennas are immersed into different salt-water solutions. Three solutions, exploiting different amount of conductivities, are used as matching fluid and the data at different frequencies are collected. Quantitative images are successfully reconstructed. Various parts of the tissue are discernible and they agree with the dielectric measurements obtained directly by a dielectric probe.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological tissues; biomedical measurement; dielectric measurement; dipole antennas; image reconstruction; medical image processing; animal tissue imaging; biological tissues; biomedical imaging; dielectric measurements; dielectric probe; image reconstruction; microwave tomography system; quantitative images; salt- water solutions; twenty-four dipole antennas; Biomedical measurements; Bovine; Dielectric measurements; Dielectrics; Dipole antennas; Imaging; Skin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348546

Filename

6348546