Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Antenna Sensor Based Microwave Breast Imaging: A Review.

Md Mahmud,Mengu Cho,Mohammad Islam,Ali Almutairi,Norbahiah Misran

doi:10.3390/s18092951

Abstract

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 limitations on clinical imaging, researchers are motivated to investigate complementary tools and alternatives to available techniques for detecting breast cancer in earlier stages. This article presents a review of concepts and electromagnetic techniques for microwave breast imaging. More specifically, this work reviews ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna sensors and their current applications in medical imaging, leading to breast imaging. We review the use of UWB sensor based microwave energy in various imaging applications for breast tumor related diseases, tumor detection, and breast tumor detection. In microwave imaging, the back-scattered signals radiating by sensors from a human body are analyzed for changes in the electrical properties of tissues. Tumorous cells exhibit higher dielectric constants because of their high water content. The goal of this article is to provide microwave researchers with in-depth information on electromagnetic techniques for microwave imaging sensors and describe recent developments in these techniques.

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Breast cancer has become the most threatening disease to women
Cylinder objects detection consuming more than 100 min antenna array imaging prototype meeting
There are some major challenges associated with applying microwave imaging to practical real time breast imaging

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Breast cancer has become the most threatening disease to women. More than 24 million new breast cancer cases will be diagnosed by 2035. Registry of Malaysia (NCR), one in 19 Malaysian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. 40% of cases occurring in women younger than 50 [1,2]. Breast cancer occurs because of the presence of malignant cells inside breast tissue [3]. The most common killer of urban women is breast cancer, which has become a significant global health problem. We know that a key factor in curing breast cancer is reliably diagnosing it at an early stage

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