Title :
Antenna performance for ultra-wideband microwave imaging
Author :
Bourqui, Jeremie ; Campbell, Mark A. ; Sill, Jeff ; Shenouda, Maged ; Fear, Elise C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Abstract :
Numerous antenna designs have been proposed for microwave breast imaging utilizing an ultra-wideband frequency range. The antennas are typically compact, operate in an immersion medium, and have a band covering at least 2-10 GHz. We have developed 3 antennas for our UWB microwave breast imaging system. In this contribution, we compare the performance of the antennas in order to gain insight into the relationship between antenna performance metrics and image quality.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; microwave antennas; microwave imaging; ultra wideband antennas; antenna designs; antenna performance metrics; frequency 2 GHz to 10 GHz; image quality; microwave breast imaging; ultra-wideband microwave imaging; Breast; Horn antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Radar antennas; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; microwave breast imaging; ultra-wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2009. RWS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2698-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2699-7
DOI :
10.1109/RWS.2009.4957403
