Microwave imaging system to provide portable-low-powered medical facility for the detection of intracranial hemorrhage

Author

Mobashsher, Ahmed Toaha ; Abbosh, Amin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia

fYear

2014

fDate

26-27 June 2014

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

24

Abstract

A microwave head imaging prototype to detect intracranial hemorrhage is presented. The prototype system comprises of a compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, custom-made transceiver and an image processing unit. The system is experimentally tested on a realistic three-dimensional (3D) printed human head phantom. A confocal image processing algorithm based on delay and sum approach is used to rapidly map the scanned layer of the head phantom. The low-cost, fast application, prompt detection and portability features of the proposed model make it a strong candidate to be used by the first response paramedics.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; blood; brain; feature extraction; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; portable instruments; transceivers; ultra wideband antennas; UWB antenna; compact ultrawideband antenna; confocal image processing algorithm; custom-made transceiver; delay-and-sum approach; first response paramedics; image processing unit; intracranial hemorrhage detection; low-cost fast application; microwave head imaging prototype; microwave imaging system; portability features; portable low-powered medical facility; prompt detection; realistic three-dimensional printed human head phantom; scanned layer; Head; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Phantoms; Transceivers; 3D printing; confocal imaging; head imaging system; realistic human head;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (AMS), 2014 1st Australian

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUSMS.2014.7017347

Filename

7017347