Recent advances in microwave imaging for breast cancer detection

S Kwon, S Lee - International journal of biomedical imaging, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is a disease that occurs most often in female cancer patients. Early detection
can significantly reduce the mortality rate. Microwave breast imaging, which is noninvasive …

Non-invasive estimation of hyperthermia temperatures with ultrasound

RM Arthur, WL Straube, JW Trobaugh… - International journal of …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Ultrasound is an attractive modality for temperature monitoring because it is non-ionizing,
convenient, inexpensive and has relatively simple signal processing requirements. This …

Applications of microwaves in medicine

JC Chiao, C Li, J Lin, RH Caverly… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances and updates in medical applications utilizing microwave techniques and
technologies are reviewed in this paper. The article aims to provide an overview of enablers …

A clinical prototype for active microwave imaging of the breast

PM Meaney, MW Fanning, D Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite its recognized value in detecting and characterizing breast disease, X-ray
mammography has important limitations that motivate the quest for alternatives to augment …

Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging

EC Fear, SC Hagness, PM Meaney… - IEEE Microwave …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Enhancing breast tumor detection with near-field imaging Page 1 For a long time, micro- wave
engineers have dreamed of using nonio- nizing electromagnetic waves to image the human …

Radar-based breast cancer detection using a hemispherical antenna array—Experimental results

M Klemm, IJ Craddock, JA Leendertz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this contribution, an ultrawideband (UWB) microwave system for breast cancer detection
is presented. The system is based on a novel hemispherical real-aperture antenna array …

Electromagnetic tomography for detection, differentiation, and monitoring of brain stroke: A virtual data and human head phantom study

M Hopfer, R Planas, A Hamidipour… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Brain stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide [1]. It can be
classified as ischemic stroke (i-stroke), eg, blood flow is restricted by a blood clot, or …

Two-dimensional temperature estimation using diagnostic ultrasound

C Simon, P VanBaren, ES Ebbini - IEEE transactions on …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A two-dimensional temperature estimation method was developed based on the detection of
shifts in echo location of backscattered ultrasound from a region of tissue undergoing …

Microwave tomography for brain imaging: Feasibility assessment for stroke detection

SY Semenov, DR Corfield - International Journal of Antennas …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
There is a need for a medical imaging technology, that supplements current clinical brain
imaging techniques, for the near‐patient and mobile assessment of cerebral vascular …

Microwave radar-based differential breast cancer imaging: Imaging in homogeneous breast phantoms and low contrast scenarios

M Klemm, JA Leendertz, D Gibbins… - … on Antennas and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an improved antenna array for radar-based breast cancer imaging. The
improvement was achieved by increasing the number of antennas in the array to 31 …