Title :
3-D Microwave imaging for breast cancer
Author :
Cheng, George ; Zhu, Yong ; Grzesik, Jan
Author_Institution :
Allwave Corp., Torrance, CA, USA
Abstract :
We introduce a novel microwave imaging technique for breast cancer detection. Our approach provides a one-pass inverse image solution, which is completely new and unprecedented, unrelated to tomography or radar-based algorithms, and unburdened by the optimization toil which lies at the heart of numerical schemes. It operates effectively at a single frequency, without requiring the bandwidth of radar techniques. Underlying this new method is our proprietary Field Mapping Algorithm (FMA), which transforms electromagnetic fields acquired upon one surface, be it through outright measurement or some auxiliary computation, into those upon another in an exact sense.
Keywords :
cancer; electromagnetic fields; medical image processing; microwave imaging; object detection; 3D microwave imaging; FMA; breast cancer detection; electromagnetic field; field mapping algorithm; one-pass inverse image solution; single frequency; Arrays; Breast cancer; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; electromagnetic waves; imaging; inverse scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206249