Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection: Performance Assessment of a Next-Generation Transmission System

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 72; no. 6; pp. 1787 - 1799
• Main Authors: Mojabi, Pedram, Bourqui, Jeremie, Lasemiimeni, Zahra, Grewal, Baldeep, Fear, Elise
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.06.2025; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: accuracy; Algorithms; Breast; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis; Breast Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Female; Frequency measurement; high density array; Human subjects; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Image reconstruction; Image resolution; Imaging; imaging performance; inclusion detection; Inclusions; Localization; Mammography; Medical imaging; Microwave breast imaging; Microwave Imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Microwave transmission; Microwaves; Performance assessment; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Phantoms; Phantoms, Imaging; Radar imaging; Reproducibility of Results

Microwave imaging has been proposed for breast cancer detection and treatment monitoring. Prototype systems based on tomography and radar-based techniques have been tested on human subjects with promising results. Previously, we developed a system that estimated average permittivity in regions of th...