• DocumentCode
    241114
  • Title

    Field penetration in MRI-based breast models: A numerical investigation

  • Author

    Ruvio, G. ; Solimene, Raffaele ; Cuccaro, Antonio ; Ammann, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    CTVR, Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 April 2014
  • Firstpage
    316
  • Lastpage
    319
  • Abstract
    The use of reliable computational tools is fundamental to investigate different aspects of microwave breast cancer imaging. From the development of high-definition and realistic numerical breast models, different coupling mechanisms and the reaction of different tissues to microwave signals can be characterized. In this paper, field penetration inside four numerical breast phantoms with varying adipose content is evaluated in the frequency range 0.5-10 GHz across sagittal cuts.
  • Keywords
    biological tissues; biomedical MRI; cancer; medical image processing; microwave imaging; numerical analysis; phantoms; MRI-based breast model; computational tool; coupling mechanism; frequency 0.5 GHz to 10 GHz; microwave breast cancer imaging; microwave signal; numerical breast phantom; numerical investigation; sagittal cut; tissue; Antennas; Breast; Couplings; Microwave imaging; Numerical models; Probes; Breast cancer; Coupling; Microwave imaging; Voxel models;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    The Hague
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901756
  • Filename
    6901756