An improved technique to predict the time-of-arrival of a tumor response in radar-based breast imaging

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2009 Apr;56(4):1200-8. doi: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2011914. Epub 2009 Jan 23.

Abstract

Radar-based microwave imaging has been proposed as a complementary modality for early-stage breast cancer screening. This paper presents an algorithm that may be used to accurately predict the time-of-arrival (TOA) of a tumor response contained in sample data acquired from a small number of antennas in a realistic scenario. The TOA information may be used by many of the existing radar-based methods to detect and localize a tumor response. The robustness of the algorithm is demonstrated with data generated from realistic numerical breast models.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Early Detection of Cancer*
  • Humans
  • Microwaves*
  • Models, Biological*