Development of a Compact Wide-Slot Antenna for Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection Featuring Circular Array Full-View Geometry

• Main Authors: Tiang, S. S., Nik Anwar, N. S., Ain, M. F., Abdullah, M. Z.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Subjects: TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/38674/1/Development_of_a_Compact_Wide-Slot_Antenna_for_Early_Stage_Breast_Cancer_Detection_Featuring.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/38674/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/309321

A novel planar type antenna printed on a high permittivity Rogers’ substrate is proposed for early stage microwave breast cancer detection. The design is based on a p-shaped wide-slot structure with 50Ω microstrip feeding circuit to eliminate losses of transmission.The design parameters are optimized resulting in a good reflection coefficient at −10 dB from4.5 to 10.9GHz. Imaging result using inhomogeneous breast phantom indicates that the proposed antenna is capable of detecting a 5mm size cancerous tumor embedded inside the fibroglandular region with dielectric contrast between the target and the surroundingmaterials ranging from 1.7:1 to 3.6:1.