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Safety assessment of breast cancer detection via ultrawideband microwave radar operating in pulsed‐radiation mode
Author(s) -
Zastrow Earl,
Davis Shakti K.,
Hagness Susan C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.22089
Subject(s) - microwave , finite difference time domain method , breast cancer , specific absorption rate , clips , radar , microwave imaging , acoustics , medical physics , engineering , physics , medicine , optics , cancer , electrical engineering , telecommunications , surgery , antenna (radio)
We conduct an finite‐difference time‐domain computational electromagnetic analysis of the safety of ultrawideband microwave breast cancer detection techniques. Pulses are transmitted into anatomically realistic MRI‐derived numerical breast phantoms with different levels of tissue heterogeneity as well as foreign entities such as implants and surgical clips, and the specific absorption is computed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 221–225, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22089