Microwave Breast Imaging Techniques and Measurement Systems
( New Perspectives in Breast Imaging )
Publication series ： New Perspectives in Breast Imaging
Author： Lulu Wang Hu Peng and Jianhua Ma
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: INT6760669199
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535135579
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535135586
Subject： R44 diagnostics
Keyword： 诊断学
Language： ENG
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Microwave Breast Imaging Techniques and Measurement Systems
Description
Electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies allow penetration into many optically non-transparent mediums such as biological tissues. Over the past 30 years, researchers have extensively investigated microwave imaging (MI) approaches including imaging algorithms, measurement systems and applications in biomedical fields, such as breast tumor detection, brain stroke detection, heart imaging and bone imaging. Successful clinical trials of MI for breast imaging brought worldwide excitation, and this achievement further confirmed that the MI has potential to become a low-risk and cost-effective alternative to existing medical imaging tools such as X-ray mammography for early breast cancer detection. This chapter offers comprehensive descriptions of the most important MI approaches for early breast cancer detection, including reconstruction procedures and measurement systems as well as apparatus.
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