Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2010
Session Number:3TB4
Session:
Number:3TB4-6
Experimental Confocal Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection Using Bow-tie Antenna Array
S. Kubota, X. Xiao, N. Sasaki, A. Toya, T. Kozaki, M. Hanada, T. Kikkawa,
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Publication Date:2010/11/23
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
Ultra wideband (UWB) is a carrierless short range communications technology which transmits the information in the form of very short pulses.[1] The applications for short range wireless communication and microwave medical imaging [2] such as breast cancer detection are becoming more and more important. The breast cancer detection has been developed on the basis of the contrast in the electrical properties of the malignant tumor related to the normal fatty breast tissue. [3] The aim of this work is to investigate confocal imaging [4] using UWB bow-tie antenna. In this paper, experimental confocal imaging was demonstrated by averaging received waveforms as a reference waveform.