Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2012
Session Number:2E3
Session:
Number:2E3-3
Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection Using Vivaldi Antenna Array
Fan Yang,
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Publication Date:2012/10/29
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
The radar based UWB microwave imaging techniques have shown great potential for the localization of embedded dielectric targets in breast phantoms. This purely energy based technique significantly depends on the signal reconstruction method and antenna designs. We investigated various signal processing methods for target reconstruction and compared different small UWB antennas. Our proposed reconstruction methods are robust for realistic breast phantom even in dense breast. Our designed antennas gave reasonable UWB performance in dielectric media environment and are capable to radiate the most of the energy into the breast tissues of interest.