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Study of Microwave Tomography Measurement Setup Configurations for Breast Cancer Detection Based on Breast Compression

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Microwave tomography (MT) measurement setups for different configurations based on breast compression are compared to classical circular measurement setups. Configurations based on compression allow measuring the evanescent component of the scattered field and lead to a compact measurement setup that allows direct image comparison with a standard mammography system. The different configurations are compared based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the radiation operator for a 2D TM case. This analysis allows determining under which conditions the image quality obtained from the reconstructions can be enhanced. These findings are confirmed by a series of reconstructions of breast phantoms based on synthetic data obtained at a single frequency of operation.

Source: International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

DOI: 10.1155/2013/701378

Authors: Alvaro Diaz-Bolado, Paul-Andre Barriere, Jean-Jacques Laurin

Institution: Polytechnique Montréal

Language: English

Topic: Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis

Subfield: Biomedical Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,570