Ultra-wideband antennas for biomedical imaging applications: a survey

U Rafique, S Pisa, R Cicchetti, O Testa, M Cavagnaro - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microwave imaging is an active area of research that has garnered interest over the past few
years. The main desired improvements to microwave imaging are related to the …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna sensor based microwave breast imaging: A review

MZ Mahmud, MT Islam, N Misran, AF Almutairi, M Cho - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Globally, breast cancer is reported as a primary cause of death in women. More than 1.8
million new breast cancer cases are diagnosed every year. Because of the current …

Design and experimental validation of a metamaterial-based sensor for microwave imaging in breast, lung, and brain cancer detection

MN Hamza, S Koziel, A Pietrenko-Dabrowska - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study proposes an innovative geometry of a microstrip sensor for high-resolution
microwave imaging (MWI). The main intended application of the sensor is early detection of …

A fern antipodal vivaldi antenna for near-field microwave imaging medical applications

AM De Oliveira, AM de Oliveira Neto… - … on antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This investigation presents an oval slot edge (OSE) antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AVA),
hereinafter referred to as Fern AVA (FAVA), with an optimized radiation pattern. The use of …

A survey on antenna designs for breast cancer detection using microwave imaging

HM El Misilmani, T Naous, SK Al Khatib… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the prevalence of breast cancer among women and the shortcomings of conventional
techniques in detecting breast cancer at its early stages, microwave breast imaging has …

[HTML][HTML] A low-profile flexible planar monopole antenna for biomedical applications

MS Islam, SMK Azam, AKMZ Hossain… - … Science and Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article proposes a low profile planar monopole antenna on flexible substrate. The
antenna is designed with an elliptical slot inserted in a rectangular patch by utilizing the …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced sensor for non-invasive breast cancer and brain cancer diagnosis using antenna array with metamaterial-based AMC

MN Hamza, MT Islam, S Koziel - Engineering Science and Technology, an …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microwave imaging techniques can identify abnormal cells in early development stages.
This study introduces a microstrip patch antenna coupled with artificial magnetic conductor …

Metasurface loaded high gain antenna based microwave imaging using iteratively corrected delay multiply and sum algorithm

MT Islam, M Samsuzzaman, S Kibria, N Misran… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this paper, the design consideration is investigated for a cylindrical system with low-cost
and low-loss dielectric materials for the detection of breast tumor using iteratively corrected …

Dipole array sensor for microwave breast cancer detection

MA Aldhaeebi, TS Almoneef - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel design of a near-field dipole antenna sensor array for breast tumor
detection is presented. The proposed sensor consists of four electrically small dipole …

[HTML][HTML] A homogeneous breast phantom measurement system with an improved modified microwave imaging antenna sensor

MT Islam, M Samsuzzaman, MT Islam, S Kibria… - sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Microwave breast imaging has been reported as having the most potential to become an
alternative or additional tool to the existing X-ray mammography technique for detecting …