Title :
A fast electromagnetic solver for microwave medical imaging
Author :
Simonov, Nikolai ; Seong-Ho Son ; Bo-Ra Kim ; Kwang-Jae Lee ; Soon-Ik Jeon
Author_Institution :
Radio Technol. Res. Dept., ETRI Daejeon, Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper describes a fast electromagnetic solver that allows to accelerate significantly the microwave imaging program, which produce reconstruction of permittivity and conductivity distribution of the breast under examination for purpose of early concern detection. The reconstruction algorithm is based on the solution of inverse electromagnetic scattering problem using iteration method, which applies to solve a number of relative forward electromagnetic problems. The presented fast solver is developed for a precision microwave tomography that contain the circular array of probe antennas and operates in 3-6 GHz frequency band.
Keywords :
cancer; image reconstruction; inverse problems; iterative methods; medical image processing; microwave antenna arrays; microwave imaging; permittivity; tumours; breast; circular array; conductivity distribution; early concern detection; fast electromagnetic solver; frequency 3 GHz to 6 GHz; frequency band; inverse electromagnetic scattering problem; iteration method; microwave imaging program; microwave medical imaging; permittivity reconstruction algorithm; precision microwave tomography; probe antennas; relative forward electromagnetic problems; Breast; Electromagnetics; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Probes; Tomography; breast cancer detection; fast electromagnetic solver; inverse scattering; microwave tomography; regularization;
Conference_Titel :
RF and Wireless Technologies for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications (IMWS-Bio), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5445-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS-BIO.2014.7032409