Time-Domain Multistatic Radar System for Microwave Breast Screening

Author

Porter, Emily ; Kirshin, E. ; Santorelli, Adam ; Coates, Mark ; Popovic, M.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

12

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

229

Lastpage

232

Abstract

This letter presents an experimental system for microwave breast cancer detection that uses multistatic radar. The system operates by transmitting a short-duration pulse and collecting the signals scattered within the breast. We describe the 16-element array, along with the pulse generation scheme, switches, and all auxiliary equipment. This work provides a sample selection of the collected time-domain data and shows the proof of concept by imaging the breast tumors in realistically shaped breast phantoms.

Keywords

biomedical imaging; cancer; microwave imaging; radar imaging; time-domain analysis; tumours; 16-element array; auxiliary equipment; breast tumors; microwave breast cancer detection; microwave breast screening; multistatic radar; pulse generation scheme; realistically shaped breast phantoms; time-domain data; time-domain multistatic radar system; Breast cancer; Microwave imaging; Phantoms; Time domain analysis; Tumors; Biomedical imaging; cancer detection; microwave imaging; multistatic radar;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2013.2247374

Filename

6466360