Abstract

A microwave head imaging system for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) detection is proposed in this paper. The system is based on an 8-element antenna array, in which each antenna element is an on-body matched differentially-fed magneto-electric (ME) dipole. The antenna element with compact size operates in a wide bandwidth from 0.45 GHz to 2.4 GHz and exhibits unidirectional near-field radiation patterns with high front-to-back ratios (FBR) and stable main beam, which all contribute to good detection capability for the proposed imaging system. The reconstructed two-dimensional images inside the head model demonstrate the successful detection and localization of the small circular bleeding area (radius=5 mm) by the system in experiments, and it has the capability to detect multiple bleeding areas inside the human brain, which indicates the head imaging system has the potential to be used in clinical trials.

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