Title :
Error analysis of breast tumor signature versus skin thickness at microwave frequencies
Author :
Woten, Douglas A. ; El-Shenawee, Magda
Author_Institution :
Microelectron.-Photonics Program, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Abstract :
The effect of breast skin thickness on electromagnetic scattering is explored in this work using the Ansoft high frequency structure simulator (HFSS) package. The signature of a spherical tumor of 1cm in diameter is compared to the skin effect. A more realistic inhomogeneous breast model is used based on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. This model contains five regions; air, skin, fatty tissue, fibro-glandular tissue and the malignant tumor. The preliminary results of this work indicate that the tumor signature is larger than the effect of the skin in the backscatter for the case presented.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; electromagnetic wave scattering; tumours; Ansoft high frequency structure simulator package; breast tumor signature; electromagnetic scattering; error analysis; inhomogeneous breast model; magnetic resonance imaging; microwave frequencies; skin thickness; spherical tumor; Breast neoplasms; Breast tumors; Electromagnetic scattering; Error analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant tumors; Microwave frequencies; Packaging; Skin effect; Skin neoplasms;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619676
