• DocumentCode
    546465
  • Title

    Development and testing of a 60-element UWB conformal array for breast cancer imaging

  • Author

    Klemm, M. ; Gibbins, D. ; Leendertz, J. ; Horseman, T. ; Preece, A.W. ; Benjamin, R. ; Craddock, I.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    3077
  • Lastpage
    3079
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the design of a new 60-element antenna array for breast cancer detection. Operating in the frequency range 4-8GHz, the array improves on the team´s previous designs both in terms of the number of measurements made (which is increased by a factor of approximately 4) and in terms of speed. The array has undergone phantom testing and at the time of writing is in the Breast Care Centre at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, undergoing an extensive Clinical Trial.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; conformal antennas; medical image processing; object detection; ultra wideband antennas; 60-element UWB conformal array; Breast Care Centre; breast cancer detection; breast cancer imaging; extensive clinical trial; frequency 4 GHz to 8 GHz; phantom testing; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Breast cancer; Frequency measurement; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0250-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5782231