Compact antenna for radar-based breast cancer detection

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 8 I, 2005, Pages 2374-2380

  Yun, Xing ^a   Fear, Elise C ^b   Johnston, Ronald H ^b  

^a International Association of Science and Technology for Development   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bowtie antenna; Breast cancer detection; Cross polarization; Microwave imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BOWTIE ANTENNA; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; COMPACT ANTENNA; CROSS POLARIZATION; MICROWAVE IMAGING; RADAR-BASED BREAST CANCER DETECTION;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 27644590937     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.852308     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2004. Toronto, ON, Canada: National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2003.
2. J. Joy, E. Penhoet, and D. Petitti, Eds., Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2004.
3. A. Rosen, M. A. Stuchly, and A. V. Vorst, "Applications of RF/ microwaves in medicine," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 963-974, Mar. 2002.
4. E. C. Fear, S. C. Hagness, P. M. Meaney, M. Okoniewski, and M. A. Stuchly, "Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging," IEEE Microwave Mag., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 48-56, Mar. 2002.
5. D. Li, P. M. Meaney, and K. D. Paulsen, "Conformal microwave imaging for breast cancer detection," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 1179-1186, Apr. 2003.
6. Q. Fang, P. M. Meaney, and K. D. Paulsen, "Microwave image reconstruction of tissue property dispersion characteristics utilizing multiple-frequency information," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1866-1875, Aug. 2004.
7. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and J. E. Bridges, "Three-dimensional FDTD analysis of a pulsed microwave confocal system for breast cancer detection: Design of an antenna-array element," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 783-791, May 1999.
8. X. Li and S. C. Hagness, "A confocal microwave imaging algorithm for breast cancer detection," IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett., vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 130-132, Mar. 2001.
9. E. C. Fear, X. Li, S. C. Hagness, and M. A. Stuchly, "Confocal microwave imaging for breast cancer detection: Localization of tumors in three dimensions," IEEE Trans. Bio-Med. Eng., vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 812-822, Aug. 2002.
10. E. J. Bond, X. Li, S. C. Hagness, and B. D. Van Veen, "Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early detection of breast cancer," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 1690-1705, Aug. 2003.
11. X. Li, S. K. Davis, S. C. Hagness, D. W. van der Weide, and B. D. VanVeen, "Microwave imaging via space - Time beamforming: Experimental investigation of tumor detection in multilayer breast phantoms," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1856-1865, Aug. 2004.
12. P. Kosmas, C. M. Rappaport, and E. Bishop, "Modeling with the FDTD method for microwave breast cancer detection," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1890-1897, Aug. 2004.
13. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and J. E. Bridges, "Wideband ultralow reverberation antenna for biological sensing," Electron, Lett., vol. 33, no. 19, pp. 1594-1595, Sep. 1997.
14. M. A. Hernandez-Lopez, M. Pantoja, M. Fernandez, S. Garcia, A. Bretones, R. Martin, and R. Gomez, "Design of an ultra-broadband V antenna for microwave detection of breast tumors," Microw. Opt. Tech. Lett., vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 164-166, Aug. 2002.
15. E. C. Fear and M. A. Stuchly, "Microwave breast tumor detection: Antenna design and characterization," in IEEE Antennas Propag. Symp. Dig., vol. 2, 2000, pp. 1076-1079.
16. X. Li, S. C. Hagness, M. K. Choi, and D. W. W. Choi, "Numerical and experimental investigation of an ultrawideband ridged pyramidal horn antenna wish curved launching plane for pulse radiation," IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 2, pp. 259-262, 2003.
17. A. Guissard, "Radar polarimetry with applications to satellite remote sensing," in Revue HF: SITEL, 2003, vol. 3, pp. 51-64.
18. X. Yun, E. C. Fear, and R. H. Johnston, "Radar-based microwave imaging for breast cancer detection: Tumor sensing with cross-polarized reflections," in IEEE Antennas Propag. Society Symp. Dig., vol. 3, 2004, pp. 2432-2435.
19. B. M. Kolundzija, J. S. Ognjanovic, T. K. Sarkar, and R. F. Harrington, WIPL: Electromagnetic Modeling of Composite Wire and Plate Structures - Software and User's Manual. Boston, MA: Artech House, 1995.
20. D. M. Hagl, D. Popovic, S. C. Hagness, J. H. Booske, and M. Okoniewski, "Sensing volume of open-ended coaxial probes for dielectric characterization of breast tissue at microwave frequencies," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 1194-1206, Apr. 2003.