Title :
Two-dimensional microwave tomographic system
Author :
Semenov, Serguei Y. ; Bulyshev, Aelxander E. ; Souvorov, Alexander E. ; Svenson, Robert H. ; Sizov, Yuri E. ; Borisov, Vladimir Y. ; Kozlov, Igor M. ; Poskuh, V.G. ; Tatsis, George P.
Author_Institution :
Laser & Appl. Technol. Lab., Carolinas Med. Center, Charlotte, NC, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
Abstract :
The results of experiments on the two-dimensional (2D) quasi real-time microwave tomographic system are reported. Reconstruction possibilities of this system are demonstrated on the phantoms and the heart, including canine beating heart. The analysis of the quality of 2D images of the physical and mathematical phantoms is reported. The accurate solution of the inverse problem of the scalar Helmholtz equation under the restriction of the gradient of the dielectric properties of the object was achieved by proposed iteration algorithm
Keywords :
Helmholtz equations; computerised tomography; image reconstruction; inverse problems; iterative methods; medical image processing; microwave imaging; 2D microwave tomographic system; Rytov approximation; canine beating heart; dielectric properties gradient; image reconstruction; inverse problem; iteration algorithm; mathematical phantoms; physical phantoms; quality of 2D images; quasi real-time; scalar Helmholtz equation; Computed tomography; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3811-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651949
