A novel sophisticated form of DMAS beamformer: Application to breast cancer detection

SAS Karam, D O'Loughlin, BM Asl - Biomedical Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Confocal microwave imaging (CMI) has the potential to be an alternative or complementary
method for mammography in breast cancer screening. Data acquisition in CMI is very fast …

Emerging non-invasive microwave and millimeter-wave imaging technologies for food inspection

N Jeong, Y Gan, L Kong - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The microwave and millimeter-wave (MMW) imaging technology is gaining increasing
interest for food inspection. It allows for noninvasive, contactless, and fast scanning …

Distance compensation-based dual adaptive artifact removal algorithm in microwave breast tumor imaging system

J Wang, M Zhang, Y Bai, H Xu, Y Fan - Biomedical Signal Processing and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microwave imaging techniques have been rapidly developed in the medical field due to its
non-invasive and non-radiological advantages. Pre-artifact removal is a critical procedure …

Fast delay-multiply-and-sum beamformer: Application to confocal microwave imaging

SASS KaramFard, BM Asl - IEEE Antennas and Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Confocal microwave imaging is a promising medical imaging method in which the quality
and the speed of imaging depend on the used beamformer. The delay-multiply-and-sum …

Performance comparison of image reconstruction algorithms in microwave imaging for breast cancer screening

M Sagheer, H Sami, K Riaz… - … , Antennas & Circuits …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The image reconstruction algorithms are the fundamental component of a microwave
imaging system. Since the inception of microwave imaging, much work has been …

Assessing patient-specific microwave breast imaging in clinical case studies

D O'Loughlin, MA Elahi, BR Lavoie, EC Fear… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microwave breast imaging has seen increasing use in clinical investigations in the past
decade with over eight systems having being trialled with patients. The majority of systems …

Modeling of a Hexagonal Microstrip Patch Antenna for Breast Cancer Detection

NA Chowdhury, L Wang… - … and Science in …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Breast cancer is a global problem, and it is inevitable to detect cancerous cells at early
stages. In recent years, microwave imaging (MWI) technology has been widely applied in …

The Vivaldi Antenna Design for Ultra-Wideband Biomedical Breast Imaging

YX Bai, MM Zhang, ZQ Li, QY An… - 2023 IEEE 6th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper introduces a large cavity Vivaldi antenna with diverters for breast tumor detection.
The antenna size is 45× 40× 1.2 mm 3, A 2.5-10 GHz bandwidth was achieved by adjusting …

Comparing radar-based breast imaging algorithm performance with realistic patient-specific permittivity estimation

D O'Loughlin, BL Oliveira, M Glavin, E Jones… - Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Radar-based breast imaging has shown promise as an imaging modality for early-stage
cancer detection, and clinical investigations of two commercial imaging systems are …

Advantages and disadvantages of parameter search algorithms for permittivity estimation for microwave breast imaging

D O'Loughlin, BL Oliveira, M Glavin… - 2019 13th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiple clinical investigations of radar-based breast imaging devices have been
demonstrated in recent years, including two competing commercial systems which are …