Study of Microwave Tomography Measurement Setup Configurations for Breast Cancer Detection Based on Breast Compression

Abstract

Microwave tomography (MT) measurement setups for different configurations based on breast compression are compared to classical circular measurement setups. Configurations based on compression allow measuring the evanescent component of the scattered field and lead to a compact measurement setup that allows direct image comparison with a standard mammography system. The different configurations are compared based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) of the radiation operator for a 2D TM case. This analysis allows determining under which conditions the image quality obtained from the reconstructions can be enhanced. These findings are confirmed by a series of reconstructions of breast phantoms based on synthetic data obtained at a single frequency of operation.

A Compact Methodology to Understand, Evaluate, and Predict the Performance of Automatic Target Recognition

“…It enables a radar to catch its object of interest [9,10], helps a seeker find the fixed target in a complicated scenario [3,11], and makes the accurate diagnosis possible with medical sensors [12,13]. Nowadays, ATR is frequently typified by the application of radars and optical-sensors [4].…”

“…ATR technology is widely employed as the essential technique in advanced systems such as within the military [ 4 , 5 ], security [ 6 , 7 ] and modern medical science [ 8 ]. It enables a radar to catch its object of interest [ 9 , 10 ], helps a seeker find the fixed target in a complicated scenario [ 3 , 11 ], and makes the accurate diagnosis possible with medical sensors [ 12 , 13 ]. Nowadays, ATR is frequently typified by the application of radars and optical-sensors [ 4 ].…”