Microwave Breast Imaging System Prototype with Integrated Numerical Characterization

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 anS-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.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Source ID
10.1155/2012/706365

Entities

People

  • John Stang
  • Mahta Moghaddam
  • Mark Haynes

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense
  • University of Michigan

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Oncology and Biomarker-Based Cancer Detection.
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.