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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901756
