3D Huygens Principle Based Microwave Imaging Through MammoWave Device: Validation Through Phantoms

Khalid, Bilal; Khalesi, Banafsheh; Ghavami, Navid; Sani, Lorenzo; Vispa, Alessandro; Badia, Mario; Dudley, Sandra; Ghavami, Mohammad; Tiberi, Gianluigi

doi:10.1109/access.2022.3211957

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“…Even though several breast phantom studies, performed in a purely experimental setup within engineering laboratories, have been published so far [25][26][27], no systematic experimental evaluation performed on a MWBI prototype after installation for testing in the clinical setting, has ever been published before, to our knowledge. Among the three above-referenced MWBI prototypes, which have been employed in large-scale clinical investigations in the recent years, an experimental evaluation study has been very recently published only for the Mammowave system [28]. In this study, a simplistic phantom structure and experimental setup have been implemented though.…”

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Repeatability Assessment of the Wavelia#2 Microwave Breast Imaging Scan: Experimental Performance Analysis Prior to Clinical Investigation

Fasoula,

Arvanitis,

Duchesne

2023

Microwave Technologies - Recent Advances and New Trends and Applications

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Microwave imaging is an emerging imaging modality with the potential to support the diagnosis of breast cancer. Over the last two decades, a notable number of MicroWave Breast Imaging (MWBI) prototype devices have been developed and experimentally tested in Europe, North America and Asia. A small number of prototypes are currently in large-scale clinical investigations towards the demonstration of clinical efficacy, as well as identification of the clinical cases for which MWBI could bring added value over the existing breast imaging modalities. In this chapter, the methodology employed for quantitative assessment of the Wavelia#2 MWBI system reliability based on experimental data is presented. The analysis includes an assembly of the most representative findings from the series of the MWBI experimental tests performed on breast phantoms after installation of the Wavelia#2 investigational device at Galway University Hospital (GUH) – Symptomatic Breast Unit for a Phase-II Pilot clinical investigation. To the authors’ knowledge, the notion of MWBI scan and reconstructed image repeatability assessment has never been addressed before in the MWBI state-of-the-art.

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Repeatability Assessment of the Wavelia#2 Microwave Breast Imaging Scan: Experimental Performance Analysis Prior to Clinical Investigation

Fasoula,

Arvanitis,

Duchesne

2023

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“…This approach is unattractive for practical applications and complicates the setup. In [11] and [12] the authors use an adapted free space setup, based on a previous clinical prototype Mammowave [13], to detect longitudinal bone fractures and lesions using a 3D tube model. The experimental setup is fixed and bulky, otherwise used for MW breast scan, and not so practical to use with a leg in a clinical scenario.…”

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Validation of a Compact Microwave Imaging System for Bone Fracture Detection

2023

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This work presents a systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of an air-operated microwave imaging (MWI) system for the detection of arbitrarily oriented thin fractures in superficial bones, like the tibia. This includes the proposal of a new compact, portable setup where a single Vivaldi antenna performs a semi-cylindrical scan of the limb. The antenna is operated in monostatic radar mode, near the skin but without contact, thus ensuring hygiene and patient comfort during the exam. The image is reconstructed using a wave-migration algorithm in the frequency domain combined with an adaptative algorithm based on singular value decomposition which removes the skin artifact taking into account the non-uniform bone profile and tissue cover. The study investigates the system resolution, the robustness of the method to the uncertainty of the permittivity and thickness of the involved tested tissues, as well as the robustness to involuntary patient movement. The experimental validation was performed for the first time on an integral ex-vivo animal leg, with all tissues present, including skin and fur. It confirmed both the effectiveness of the method, and the feasibility of the setup.INDEX TERMS Microwave imaging, biomedical imaging, image reconstruction, bones.

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“…Recently a new 3D imaging technique based on HP via MammoWave has been presented in [6,7] with successful 3D image reconstruction. Moreover, in [6] a detailed analysis of the reconstructed images has been performed such as dimensional analysis error and localization error calculations. Furthermore, measurements have been performed on six different cross-sections along the z-axis for 3D image reconstruction in [6] with each measurement taking 9-10 minutes.…”

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“…Moreover, in [6] a detailed analysis of the reconstructed images has been performed such as dimensional analysis error and localization error calculations. Furthermore, measurements have been performed on six different cross-sections along the z-axis for 3D image reconstruction in [6] with each measurement taking 9-10 minutes. Although the proposed methodology in [6] is very successful in determining the various dimensions of the lesion along the z-axis, it takes time and further time reduction improvement is required.…”

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A Spiral-like Acquisition Strategy for 3D Huygens' Principle Based Microwave Imaging

Khalid,

Khalesi,

Ghavami

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2023 Photonics &Amp; Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS)

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This paper focuses on executing a novel methodology to achieve imaging time reduction via 3D imaging algorithm based on Huygens principle using a microwave imaging device (MammoWave). Specifically, a three-layer cylindrical phantom with a 3D structured inclusion has been fabricated with varying dielectric properties. Various spiral-like (along z-axis) measurement scenarios have been considered to investigate the possibility of measurement time reduction. In the first scenario, we have performed measurements in spiral-like configuration-I at multiple planes along the z-axis, while for the second scenario we have applied spiral configuration-II in an alternate way in terms of receiving points. We found that the proposed spiral-like measurement scenarios may lead to a measurement time saving of 50%, with a lower S/C ratio (decrease of maximum 3.2 dB) and slightly higher error (approximately 3.5%) in inclusion dimensional analysis and localization.

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3D Huygens Principle Based Microwave Imaging Through MammoWave Device: Validation Through Phantoms

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References 23 publications

Repeatability Assessment of the Wavelia#2 Microwave Breast Imaging Scan: Experimental Performance Analysis Prior to Clinical Investigation

Repeatability Assessment of the Wavelia#2 Microwave Breast Imaging Scan: Experimental Performance Analysis Prior to Clinical Investigation

Validation of a Compact Microwave Imaging System for Bone Fracture Detection

A Spiral-like Acquisition Strategy for 3D Huygens' Principle Based Microwave Imaging

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