Title :
The effect of breast glands on microwave tumor sensing with "dark eyes" antenna
Author :
N. Tavasolian;H. Kanj;M. Popovic
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
6/28/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents finite-difference time-domain analysis of the "dark eyes" antenna in the vicinity of complex tissue structures to assess the potential problems associated with near-field tumour sensing. With the antenna placed next to a realistic hemi-spherical breast model, we observe the response of a 6-mm tumour embedded in a gland. The main parameters of our study are the location of the antenna relative to asymmetrical inhomogeneous cluster of glands and electrical parameters of the gland within which the tumour is assumed to be embedded
Keywords :
"Glands","Breast neoplasms","Microwave antennas","Tumors","Finite difference methods","Time domain analysis","Breast tissue","Permittivity","Conductivity","Broadband antennas"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1947-1491
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1710513