Tissue-mimicking materials for breast phantoms up to 50 GHz

S Di Meo, L Pasotti, I Iliopoulos, M Pasian… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Millimeter (mm)-wave imaging has been recently proposed as a new technique for breast
cancer detection, based on the significant dielectric contrast between healthy and tumor …

A new breast phantom with a durable skin layer for microwave breast imaging

J Garrett, E Fear - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast phantoms (BPs) are required to test and validate microwave breast imaging
prototypes. For this purpose, a new BP made from carbon/rubber mixtures is proposed …

Integration of microwave tomography with magnetic resonance for improved breast imaging

PM Meaney, AH Golnabi, NR Epstein… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Breast magnetic resonance imaging is highly sensitive but not very specific for the
detection of breast cancer. Opportunities exist to supplement the image acquisition with a …

[PDF][PDF] Average dielectric property analysis of non-uniform structures: Tissue phantom development, ultra-wideband transmission measurements, and signal …

J Garrett - University of Calgary, 2014 - prism.ucalgary.ca
A new technique to analyze the average dielectric properties of complex structures has been
developed. This technique uses microwave transmission measurements to estimate the …

Experimental phantom for contrast enhanced microwave breast cancer detection based on 3D-printing technology

J Moll, D Wörtge, D Byrne, M Klemm… - 2016 10th European …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapid-prototyping techniques have been used in the past few years to create experimental
phantoms for microwave breast cancer detection. After a literature review on existing …

Microwave Tomographic Imaging Utilizing Low‐Profile, Rotating, Right Angle‐Bent Monopole Antennas

NR Epstein, PM Meaney… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a simple mechanism incorporating feedline bends and rotary joints to
enable motion of a monopole antenna within a liquid‐based illumination chamber for …

Dielectric characterization of material for 3D-printed breast phantoms up to 50 GHz: Preliminary experimental results

S Di Meo, E Massoni, L Silvestri… - 2017 IEEE MTT-S …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Breast cancer is the most common disease among women in the word. However, despite the
actual increase in the incidence rate, the death rate is decreasing, and this is mainly due to …