Anthropomorphic Breast and Head Phantoms for Microwave Imaging

This paper deals with breast and head phantoms fabricated from 3D-printed structures and liquid mixtures whose complex permittivities are close to that of the biological tissues within a large frequency band. The goal is to enable an easy and safe manufacturing of stable-in-time detailed anthropomorphic phantoms dedicated to the test of microwave imaging systems to assess the performances of the latter in realistic configurations before a possible clinical application to breast cancer imaging or brain stroke monitoring. The structure of the breast phantom has already been used by several laboratories to test their measurement systems in the framework of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action TD1301-MiMed. As for the tissue mimicking liquid mixtures, they are based upon Triton X-100 and salted water. It has been proven that such mixtures can dielectrically mimic the various breast tissues. It is shown herein that they can also accurately mimic most of the head tissues and that, given a binary fluid mixture model, the respective concentrations of the various constituents needed to mimic a particular tissue can be predetermined by means of a standard minimization method.

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Three-Dimensional Sparse Microwave Imaging for Brain Stroke Monitoring

12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018) ◽

10.1049/cp.2018.0771 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

M.N. Stevanovic ◽

R. Scapaticci ◽

L. Crocco

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Microwave Imaging ◽

Brain Stroke ◽

Sparse Microwave Imaging

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Assessing a Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring via High Fidelity Numerical Modelling

IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology ◽

10.1109/jerm.2020.3049071 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

David O. Rodriguez-Duarte ◽

Jorge A. Tobon Vasquez ◽

Rosa Scapaticci ◽

Lorenzo Crocco ◽

Francesca Vipiana

Keyword(s):

Numerical Modelling ◽

Imaging System ◽

Microwave Imaging ◽

High Fidelity ◽

Brain Stroke

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Applications of microwave imaging to three-dimensional biological tissues

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (IEEE Cat. No.02CH37313) ◽

10.1109/aps.2002.1016471 ◽

2003 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zhong Qing Zhang ◽

Qing Huo Liu

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Biological Tissues ◽

Microwave Imaging

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Brain Stroke Detection Based on Microwave Imaging

The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science ◽

10.5515/kjkiees.2020.31.2.85 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 85-103

Author(s):

Choon Sik Cho

Keyword(s):

Microwave Imaging ◽

Brain Stroke ◽

Brain Stroke Detection

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Reference Breast Phantoms for Low-Cost Microwave Imaging

Tehnički glasnik ◽

10.31803/tg-20190924124228 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 411-415

Author(s):

Emine Avşar Aydin ◽

Selin Yabaci Karaoğlan

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Low Cost ◽

Microwave Frequency ◽

Biological Tissues ◽

Microwave Imaging ◽

Vector Network Analyzers ◽

Network Analyzers ◽

Computer Based ◽

Breast Phantoms ◽

Inverse Radon Transform

Microwave imaging provides an alternative method for breast cancer screening and the diagnosis of cerebrovascular accidents. Before a surgical operation, the performance of microwave imaging systems should be evaluated on anatomically detailed anthropomorphic phantoms. This paper puts forward the advances in the development of breast phantoms based on 3D printing structures filled with liquid solutions that mimic biological tissues in terms of complex permittivity in a wide microwave frequency band. In this paper; four different experimental scenarios were created, and measurements were performed, and although there are many vector network analyzers on the market, the miniVNA used in this study has been shown to have potential in many biomedical applications such as portable computer-based breast cancer detection studies. We especially investigated the reproducibility of a particular mixture and the ability of some mixes to mimic various breast tissues. Afterwards, the images similar to the experimentally created scenarios were obtained by implementing the inverse radon transform to the obtained data.

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Review of Microwaves Techniques for Breast Cancer Detection

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20082390 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (8) ◽

pp. 2390 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Maged A. Aldhaeebi ◽

Khawla Alzoubi ◽

Thamer S. Almoneef ◽

Saeed M. Bamatraf ◽

Hussein Attia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Cancer Detection ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Breast Tumour ◽

Microwave Imaging ◽

Breast Cancer Detection ◽

Alternative Methods ◽

Breast Cancer Imaging ◽

Detection Techniques ◽

Microwave Techniques

Conventional breast cancer detection techniques including X-ray mammography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound scanning suffer from shortcomings such as excessive cost, harmful radiation, and inconveniences to the patients. These challenges motivated researchers to investigate alternative methods including the use of microwaves. This article focuses on reviewing the background of microwave techniques for breast tumour detection. In particular, this study reviews the recent advancements in active microwave imaging, namely microwave tomography and radar-based techniques. The main objective of this paper is to provide researchers and physicians with an overview of the principles, techniques, and fundamental challenges associated with microwave imaging for breast cancer detection. Furthermore, this study aims to shed light on the fact that until today, there are very few commercially available and cost-effective microwave-based systems for breast cancer imaging or detection. This conclusion is not intended to imply the inefficacy of microwaves for breast cancer detection, but rather to encourage a healthy debate on why a commercially available system has yet to be made available despite almost 30 years of intensive research.

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