Title :
Towards Enhancing Skin Reflection Removal and Image Focusing Using a 3-D Breast Surface Reconstruction Algorithm
Author :
Sarafianou, M. ; Craddock, I.J. ; Henriksson, Tommy
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Abstract :
Suppressing skin reflection is vital for successful tumor detection in radar breast imaging systems. In this communication, a novel skin reflection removal (SRR) algorithm is presented based on a previously-proposed breast surface reconstruction algorithm. This skin reflection removal algorithm is validated using numerical MRI-derived breast models. This communication also investigates how the same skin location information can be used to enhance the delay-and-sum algorithm.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; image reconstruction; medical image processing; numerical analysis; object detection; radar imaging; surface reconstruction; 3D breast surface reconstruction algorithm; SRR algorithm; delay-and-sum algorithm enhancement; image focusing; numerical MRI-derived breast models; radar breast imaging systems; skin location information; skin reflection removal enhancement; tumor detection; Breast cancer detection; microwave radar-based imaging; skin reflection suppression;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2013.2271494
