Microwave imaging for early breast cancer detection: Current state, challenges, and future directions

N AlSawaftah, S El-Abed, S Dhou, A Zakaria - Journal of imaging, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer type and is the leading cause of
cancer-related death among females worldwide. Breast screening and early detection are …

Review and analysis of tumour detection and image quality analysis in experimental breast microwave sensing

T Reimer, S Pistorius - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review evaluates the methods used for image quality analysis and tumour detection in
experimental breast microwave sensing (BMS), a developing technology being investigated …

A fern antipodal vivaldi antenna for near-field microwave imaging medical applications

AM De Oliveira, AM de Oliveira Neto… - … on antennas and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

A Modified Compact Flexible Vivaldi Antenna Array Design for Microwave Breast Cancer Detection

AM Qashlan, RW Aldhaheri, KH Alharbi - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a compact, flexible Vivaldi antenna is designed, and an array of nine identical
antennas of this type is used as a microwave breast imaging model to detect cancerous …

Ultra-wideband pentagonal fractal antenna with stable radiation characteristics for microwave imaging applications

MA Khan, U Rafique, HŞ Savci, AN Nordin, SH Kiani… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
For microwave imaging applications, a design for an ultra-wideband (UWB) fractal antenna
is presented. The antenna design is composed of a pentagonal fractal patch radiator fed by …

Planar array of UWB active slot antennas for microwave imaging of the breast

NV Shahmirzadi, V Tyagi, J Nguyen… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Defining breast tumor location using a Four-Element wearable circular UWB MIMO antenna array

TG Abouelnaga, EKI Hamad, SA Khaleel… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper is to develop a wearable circular UWB MIMO antenna array,
consisting of four elements, that is capable of detecting and locating tumor cells within a …

A performance-enhanced antenna for microwave biomedical applications by using metasurfaces

D Brizi, M Conte, A Monorchio - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we introduce a novel antenna employing specifically designed metasurfaces
to improve the radiating performance in close proximity to the human body, as required in …

Breast tumor detection, sizing and localization using a 24-element antenna array

MN Moussa, MA Madi… - IEEE Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a simple and novel design for breast cancer detection, sizing and
localization. A miniature-sized antenna of volume 10 10 1.6 is designed at an optimized …

Multiband flexible ultra-wideband antenna for wearable electronics and biomedical applications

R Prasanna, GT Selvi, K Annaram… - International Journal …, 2023 - dl.begellhouse.com
This article proposes a flexible ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna for wearable electronics and
biomedical applications. The antenna presented for this work is fabricated on a Kapton …