Breast cancer detection with microwave imaging system using wearable conformal antenna arrays

Fengzhou Wang; Tughrul Arslan; Guohua Wang

doi:10.1109/IST.2017.8261547

Breast cancer detection with microwave imaging system using wearable conformal antenna arrays

Fengzhou Wang
, Tughrul Arslan
, Guohua Wang

School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering

University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

In this paper, an ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna array configuration is used for wearable microwave breast imaging. Compared with our previous work, each flexible UWB antenna within the array is optimized for size and cost through the use of a thin-film laminate. A mounted dielectric spacer is proposed by using a non-stretchable material targeting the antenna array for wearable applications. Besides, a 3-D cylindrical antenna array with 24 antennas is assembled by using 4 of the 2-D circular antenna arrays with six antennas in each array. The proposed compact antenna elements have omnidirectional radiation pattern operating at frequencies from 4.97 to 11.73 GHz. A fully realistic breast model is utilised to validate the performance of the proposed antenna array and the microwave imaging results are reconstructed by using Delay-And-Sum (DAS) algorithm. Simulated results show that a 5-mm diameter tumour inside the glandular region could be precisely detected and located by using the finite difference time (FDTD) solver in CST.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1-6
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538616208
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2017.8261547
State	Published - 1 Jul 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, IST 2017 - Beijing, China Duration: 18 Oct 2017 → 20 Oct 2017

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Name	IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings
Volume	2018-January

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, IST 2017
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	18/10/17 → 20/10/17

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Conformal Antenna Array
Delay-And-Sum (DAS)
MRI-based Phantom
Wearable Microwave Imaging

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Wang, F., Arslan, T., & Wang, G. (2017). Breast cancer detection with microwave imaging system using wearable conformal antenna arrays. In IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings (pp. 1-6). (IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings; Vol. 2018-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IST.2017.8261547

Wang, Fengzhou ; Arslan, Tughrul ; Wang, Guohua. / Breast cancer detection with microwave imaging system using wearable conformal antenna arrays. IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 1-6 (IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings).

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Breast cancer detection with microwave imaging system using wearable conformal antenna arrays. / Wang, Fengzhou; Arslan, Tughrul; Wang, Guohua.
IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1-6 (IST 2017 - IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques, Proceedings; Vol. 2018-January).

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