Ultra-wideband active array imaging for biomedical diagnostics

Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC'12

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 367-370

  Hein, M ^a   Helbig, M ^a   Kmec, M ^a   Sachs, J ^a   Scotto Di Clemente, F ^a   Stephan, R ^a   Hamouda, M ^b   Ussmueller, T ^b   Weigel, R ^b   Robens, M ^c   Wunderlich, R ^c   Heinen, S ^c  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAYS; ACTIVE ARRAYS; BIO MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; BREAST TUMOUR; LOCALISATION; LOW NOISE; M SEQUENCE; RECENT PROGRESS; UWB IMAGING;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; RADAR SYSTEMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84869228888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APWC.2012.6324920     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (13)

1. J. Sachs, "M-Sequence Radar", in D.J. Daniels ed., "Ground Penetrating Radar", 2nd edition, IEE Radar, Sonar, Navigation, and Avionics Series 15, pp. 225-237, 2004.
2. M. Helbig, I. Hilger, M. Kmec, G. Rimkus, and J. Sachs, "Experimental phantom trials for UWB breast cancer detection", Proc. German Microwave Conf., Ilmenau, Germany, pp. 1-4, 12-14 March 2012.
3. F. Scotto di Clemente, R. Stephan, and M. Hein, "Compact permittivity-matched ultra-wideband antennas for biomedical imaging", Proc. IEEEAPS Conf. Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Commun., APWC 2011, Turin, Italy 12-16 Sept. 2011.
4. M. Hein, "Ultra-wideband radar sensors for biomedical diagnostics and imaging", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB 2012, September 17-20, Syracuse/NY, USA, accepted for publication in IEEE Xplore.
5. M. Klemm, I.J. Craddock, J.A. Leendertz et al., "Radar-Based breast cancer detection using a hemispherical antenna array - Experimental results," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 57, no. 6, pp. 1692-1704, 2009.
6. M. Lazebnik, E.L. Madsen, G.R. Frank , and S.C. Hagness "Tissue-mimicking phantom materials for narrowband and ultrawideband microwave applications", Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 50, pp. 4245-4258, 2005.
7. M. Lazebnik, D. Popovic, L. McCartney, et al.: "A large scale of the ultrawideband microwave dielectric properties of normal, benign and malignant breast tissues obtained from cancer surgeries", Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 52, pp. 6093-6115, 2007.
8. M. Helbig, M. Kmec, J. Sachs, C. Geyer, I. Hilger, and G. Rimkus, "Aspects of antenna array configuration for UWB breast imaging", Proc. European Conf. on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP2012, Prague, pp. 1-4, 26-30 March 2012.
9. U. Schwarz, M. Helbig, J. Sachs, R. Stephan, M. Hein, "Design and application of dielectrically scaled double-ridged horn antennas for biomedical UWB radar applications", IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband ICUWB2009, pp. 150-154, 9-11 Sept. 2009.
10. S. Jose, H. J Lee, and D. Ha, "A low power CMOS PA for UWB applications," IEEE Int. Symposium on Circuits & Systems, ISCAS 2005, vol. 5, pp. 5111-5114, 23-26 May 2005.
11. Han Chou Hsu, Zhi Wei Wang & Gin Kou Ma, "A low power CMOS full-band UWB power amplifier using wideband RLC matching method," IEEE Conference on Electron Device and Solid- State Circuits, pp. 233-236, 19-21 Dec. 2005.
12. C. Grewing, K. Winterberg, S.V. Waasen, "Fully integrated distributed power amplifier in CMOS technology, optimized for UWB transmitter," IEEE RF IC Symposium, Aug. 2004.
13. B. Sewiolo and R. Weigel, "A 2-12 GHz power distributed amplifier for broadband localizationand sensor systems based on PN-sequences", Proc. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB 2008, vol. 3, pp.77-80, 10-12 Sept. 2008.