Breast cancer is anticipated to be responsible for almost 40,000 deaths in the USA in 2011.
The current clinical detection techniques suffer from limitations which motivated researchers …

Microwave imaging is an active area of research that has garnered interest over the past few
years. The main desired improvements to microwave imaging are related to the …

This investigation presents an oval slot edge (OSE) antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AVA),
hereinafter referred to as Fern AVA (FAVA), with an optimized radiation pattern. The use of …

With the prevalence of breast cancer among women and the shortcomings of conventional
techniques in detecting breast cancer at its early stages, microwave breast imaging has …

The design, fabrication, and characterization of an ultrawideband (UWB) antenna for near-
field microwave imaging of dielectric objects are presented together with the imaging setup …

A wideband grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) based patch antenna for head imaging
is discussed in this paper. The proposed antenna is integrated with a slotted inverted delta …

A new ultra-wideband antenna with enhanced, nearly constant gain is presented. This quasi-
planar antenna is composed of a CPW-fed printed monopole and a short horn, both made …

Globally, breast cancer is reported as a primary cause of death in women. More than 1.8
million new breast cancer cases are diagnosed every year. Because of the current …

Microwave breast imaging has been reported as having the most potential to become an
alternative or additional tool to the existing X-ray mammography technique for detecting …

A shielded planar array of active slot antennas is proposed for applications in the microwave
imaging of the breast. The frequency band is from 3 to 8 GHz, where reflection loss better …