Clinical Setup of Microwave Mammography

Yoshihiko KUWAHARA; Saori MIURA; Yusuke NISHINA; Kaiji MUKUMOTO; Hiroyuki OGURA; Harumi SAKAHARA

doi:10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2553

Special Section on Recent Progress in Antennas and Propagation in Conjunction with Main Topics of ISAP2012

Clinical Setup of Microwave Mammography

Yoshihiko KUWAHARA, Saori MIURA, Yusuke NISHINA, Kaiji MUKUMOTO, Hiroyuki OGURA, Harumi SAKAHARA

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Keywords: breast cancer detection, multistatic UWB radar, microwave imaging, clinical test

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2013 Volume E96.B Issue 10 Pages 2553-2562

DOI https://doi.org/10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2553

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Abstract

A microwave mammography setup for clinical testing was developed and used to successfully carry out an initial clinical test. The equipment is based on multistatic ultra wideband (UWB) radar, which features a multistatic microwave imaging via space time (MS-MIST) algorithm for high resolution and a conformal array with an aspirator for fixing the breast in place. In this paper, an outline of the equipment, a numerical simulation, and clinical test results are presented.

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