Microwave Breast Imaging System Prototype with Integrated Numerical Characterization. (8th March 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haynes, Mark; Stang, John; Moghaddam, Mahta
• Other Names: Meaney Paul Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: International journal of biomedical imaging. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2012-03-08
• Subjects: Diagnostic imaging -- Periodicals; Imaging systems in medicine -- Periodicals; Imagerie pour le diagnostic; Imagerie médicale; Diagnostic imaging; Imaging systems in medicine; Diagnostic Imaging -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 616.0754
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/706365
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-4188

Abstract

Abstract : The increasing number of experimental microwave breast imaging systems and the need to properly model them have motivated our development of an integrated numerical characterization technique. We use Ansoft HFSS and a formalism we developed previously to numerically characterize an S -parameter- based breast imaging system and link it to an inverse scattering algorithm. We show successful reconstructions of simple test objects using synthetic and experimental data. We demonstrate the sensitivity of image reconstructions to knowledge of the background dielectric properties and show the limits of the current model.