Improved calibration for an experimental time-domain microwave imaging system

Author

Santorelli, Adam ; Kirshin, E. ; Porter, Emily ; Popovic, M. ; Schwartz, Justin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

801

Lastpage

805

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the use of several different materials in order to calibrate an experimental time-domain microwave imaging system. A 16-element antenna array transmits a specifically tailored, short duration pulse and records the signals scattered off the breast in the time-domain. We contrast the performance of the various calibration procedures on extracting the tumour response and locating the tumour embedded within realistically shaped life-like breast phantoms.

Keywords

antenna arrays; calibration; electromagnetic wave scattering; feature extraction; medical image processing; microwave imaging; phantoms; time-domain analysis; transmitting antennas; tumours; 16-element antenna array transmission; calibration; experimental time-domain microwave imaging system; mammography; realistical shaped life-like breast phantom; short duration pulse; signal scattering; tumour response extraction; Breast; Calibration; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Phantoms; Tumors; breast phantoms; calibration; cancer detection; microwave imaging; multistatic radar; pulse shaping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546389