On the use of different polarization measurements in microwave imaging of breast cancer tumors

Abstract

In this paper the use of different polarization data in microwave image reconstruction is investigated. The present study is based on numerical simulation data of a generic breast phantom, and a time domain FDTD based reconstruction method. In general, reconstruction results are be both application and algorithm dependent. The results show very different reconstructed images when using different polarization data. We conclude that polarization could be an important factor to consider when optimizing the design of a microwave imaging system.

On the matching medium for microwave stroke diagnosis

“…Finally, a portion of this power is transmitted through the body. In our earlier studies in microwave breast imaging-a relatively more established research topic [17][18][19][20][21], the breast volume is illuminated from different aspect angles with one excitation at a time, and the corresponding scattered fields at different aspects are numerically evaluated using full-wave electromagnetic solver. We repeated the process on breast volumes with different sizes of tumor.…”