Title :
Efficient microwave breast imaging technique using parallel finite difference time domain and parallel genetic algorithms
Author :
Sabouni, Abas ; Xu, Meilian ; Noghanian, Sima ; Thulasiraman, Parimala ; Pistorius, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Abstract :
This paper addresses the nonlinear tomographic image reconstruction problem with particular emphasis on developing efficient numerical algorithms for early breast cancer detection using parallel algorithms to enhance both the speed and quality of the recovered images. Our goal is to illustrate an effective method of microwave imaging for early stage breast cancer detection, using parallel finite-difference time domain method (PFDTD) and parallel genetic algorithms (PGAs) optimization, by using message passing interface (MPI) library.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; cancer; finite difference time-domain analysis; genetic algorithms; image reconstruction; microwave imaging; parallel algorithms; message passing interface; microwave breast imaging; nonlinear tomographic image reconstruction; parallel algorithms; parallel finite difference time domain parallel genetic algorithms; Breast cancer; Cancer detection; Electronics packaging; Finite difference methods; Genetic algorithms; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Parallel algorithms; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4395959
