Title :
Investigations into a wideband reflectometer for application in a microwave breast cancer detection system
Author :
Seman, Norhudah ; Bialkowski, Marek E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., St. Lucia, Qld.
Abstract :
Investigations into the design and calibration of a wideband reflectometer for the purpose of inclusion in a microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection is presented. The reflectometer design is based on the concept of six-port reflectometer with real-time display capabilities. In order to overcome its non-ideal performance, a one-port calibration procedure with three calibration standards is applied. The simulation results performed with Agilent ADS and Matlab show that the calibrated instrument performs reasonably well over a wide frequency band
Keywords :
cancer; medical image processing; microwave imaging; microwave reflectometry; object detection; microwave breast cancer detection system; microwave imaging system; one-port calibration procedure; six-port reflectometer; wideband reflectometer; Breast cancer; Breast tissue; Calibration; Cancer detection; Detectors; Displays; Instruments; Microwave imaging; Reflection; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710509
