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Characterization of benign and malignant breast tissues using 2‐D microwave tomographic imaging
Author(s) -
Bindu G.,
Mathew K. T.
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.22734
Subject(s) - microwave , microwave imaging , permittivity , characterization (materials science) , breast tumor , dielectric permittivity , computed tomographic , dielectric , materials science , tomographic reconstruction , nuclear magnetic resonance , medicine , physics , radiology , optics , breast cancer , tomography , optoelectronics , computed tomography , cancer , quantum mechanics
Dielectric permittivity studies and 2‐D microwave tomographic imaging are performed on benign and malignant breast tissues to characterize these tumors at the ISM band. Significant difference in the permittivity values is obtained and a distinct characterization is done based on the nature of the permittivity profiles. Also, it is observed that benign tumors exhibit sharp images with well‐defined borders, whereas malignant tumors show fuzzy and blurred boundaries. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 2341–2345, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI 10.1002/mop.22734