Title :
Spectral filtering in phase delay beamforming for multistatic UWB breast cancer imaging
Author :
Conceicao, Raquel C. ; Byrne, Dallan ; Ghavami, Navid ; Smith, Penny Probert ; Craddock, Ian
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors propose the use of spectral beamforming for the reconstruction of a breast energy profile for cancer detection. Experiments were performed on three different breast phantoms and different spectral beamformers were implemented and tested.
Keywords :
array signal processing; cancer; image filtering; medical image processing; microwave imaging; optical filters; phantoms; radar imaging; ultra wideband radar; breast energy profile reconstruction; breast phantom; cancer detection; multistatic UWB breast cancer imaging; phase delay beamforming; spectral filtering; Breast; Cutoff frequency; Microwave filters; Phantoms; Skin; Tumors; Breast Microwave Imaging; Spectral Beamforming;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
