Ultra-wideband microwave robust Capon beamforming imaging system for early breast cancer detection

Xiao Xia; Song Hang; Wang Liang; Wang Zong-Jie; Lu Hong

doi:10.7498/aps.63.194102

Abstract

An ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave robust Capon beamforming imaging system is presented based on a self-designed compact UWB antenna for early breast cancer detection. Simulation results show that the proposed detection system is sensitive to tumor response. Simulated tumor detection experiments are carried out in both simple planar breast model and magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)-derived model using the antenna array. Robust Capon beamforming algorithm is employed to reconstruct the breast image. Successful detection of 3-mm-diameter tumor is achieved in the planar model and the same detection result of 4-mm-diameter tumor is achieved in the MRI-derived model. The right information of the tumor can be obtained from the imaging results, which demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed system in early breast cancer detection.

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Authors and contacts

1.
School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
2.
Department of Radiology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer Prevention and Therapy of Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300060, China
Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61271323), and the Open Project from State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, China (Grant No. K200913).

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[1]	Xiao X, Xu L, Li Q W 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 094101
[2]	Fear E C, Hagness S C, Meaney P M, Okinoiewski M, Stuchly M A 2002 IEEE Microw. Mag. 3 48
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[4]	Li X, Bond E J, Van Veen D B, Hagness S C 2005 IEEE Antennas Propag. Mag. 47 19
[5]	Klemm M, Craddock I J, Leendertz J A, Preece A W, Benjamin R 2009 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 57 1692
[6]	Fear E C, Bourqui J, Curtis C, Mew D, Docktor B, Romano C 2013 IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech. 61 2119
[7]	Liu G D, Zhang Y R 2011 Acta Phys. Sin. 60 074303(in Chinese) [刘广东, 张业荣 2011 物理学报 60 074303]
[8]	Ryu K S, Kishk A A 2011 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 59 3738
[9]	Chen Y F, Craddock I J, Kosmas P, Ghavami M, Rapajic P 2010 IEEE J. Sel. Top. Signal Process. 4 187
[10]	Lim H B, Nhung N T T, Li E P, Thang N D 2008 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 55 1697
[11]	Xie Y, Guo B, Xu L Z, Li J, Stoica P 2006 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 53 1647
[12]	Liu B Y, Xiao X, Liu X 2011International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering, Singapore, July 30-31, 2011, p1
[13]	Gibbins D, Klemm M, Craddock I J, Leenderts J A, Preece A, Benjamin R 2010 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 58 665
[14]	Fear E C, Li X, Hagness S C, Stuchly M A 2002 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 49 812
[15]	Li X, Hagness S C, Choi M K, van der Weide D W 2003 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 2 259
[16]	Sill J M, Fear E C, Westwick D 2005 IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech. 53 3312
[17]	Wang Y, Bakar A, Bialkowski M 2011 Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 53 830
[18]	Li X Y, Sit Y L, Zwirello L, Zwick T 2013 Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 55 105
[19]	Zhang J J, Fear E C, Johnston R H 2009 Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. 51 275
[20]	Bourqui J, Okoniewski M, Fear E C 2010 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 58 2318
[21]	Amineh R K, Ravan M, Trehan A, Nikolova N K 2011 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 59 928
[22]	Bourqui J, Fear E C 2012 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 11 1614
[23]	Xiao X, Kikkawa T 2008 Appl. Surf. Sci. 255 597
[24]	Li J, Stoica P, Wang Z 2003 IEEE Trans. Signal Process. 51 1702

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