Investigation for breast cancer using antennas in the ISM frequency band

Author

El Din Hanafy, Engy Alaa ; Allam, A.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Eng. & Technol., German Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

fYear

2014

fDate

16-19 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

From biological investigation one can observe that there exist a contrast between the electrical properties of normal and malignant breast tissues. Taking advantage from such observation a spiral PIFA antenna is designed to help in the detection of breast cancer. The antenna is intended to operate in the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequency band. A heterogeneous breast model is designed with more resemblance to the realistic case. The antenna is designed to be used as a stethoscope. The whole structure is simulated on CST Microwave Studio and measurements are carried using Network Analyzer.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biological organs; biological tissues; cancer; microwave antennas; microwave measurement; planar inverted-F antennas; CST Microwave Studio; CST microwave measurements; ISM frequency band; breast cancer detection; electrical properties; heterogeneous breast model; industrial scientific-and-medical frequency band; malignant breast tissues; medical frequency band; network analyzer; spiral PIFA antenna; stethoscope; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Breast cancer; Loss measurement; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Antibes Juan-les-Pins

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAMA.2014.7003416

Filename

7003416