Design and modeling of a microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection

• Published in: 2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Tobon, Jorge A. V., Attardo, Elia A., Dassano, Gianluca, Vipiana, Francesca, Casu, Mario R., Vacca, Marco, Pulimeno, Azzurra, Vecchi, Giuseppe
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: EurAAP 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Antenna measurements; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Prototypes; Receivers

The main focus of the present paper is the design and construction of a microwave-imaging system prototype for use in research towards early breast cancer detection. To design and optimize the proposed system prototype, in particular to model the wideband antenna that acts as transmitter/receiver, a...