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Dielectric Characterization of Breast Phantoms for Phaseless Microwave Imaging Focused on Tumor Identification

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In this work, the dielectric characterization of human tissue-mimicking phantoms is analyzed and tested for breast imaging applications. Phantom samples are obtained by using common and easily available ingredients. They are characterized within the 0.5–5 GHz frequency range, by adopting an open ended-coaxial probe measurement setup. The permittivity behavior of the simulated tissues are compared with some existing reference models for breast tissues. Furthermore, the measured tissues phantoms values are exploited to simulate a series of realistic breast models with different densities. Starting from this revised modeling, a phaseless microwave imaging technique proposed by the same authors is tested.

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Acknowledgments

Giuseppe Lopez acknowledges the European Social Fund (FSE) - international mobility program of PhD students and Research grants/Researchers of type A - POR Calabria 2014–2020 - Actions 10.5.6 and 10.5.12 for the financial support of his PhD grant.

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Modelling, Electronics, and Systems Science (DIMES), University of Calabria, Rende, CS, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo & Giuseppe Lopez

  2. CNR – Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), 80124, Naples, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  3. ICEmB, Inter-University National Research Center on Interactions between Electromagnetic Fields and Biosystems, 16145, Genoa, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

  4. CNIT, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, 43124, Parma, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

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  1. ISEG, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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  2. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  3. Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

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Costanzo, S., Lopez, G. (2021). Dielectric Characterization of Breast Phantoms for Phaseless Microwave Imaging Focused on Tumor Identification. In: Rocha, Á., Adeli, H., Dzemyda, G., Moreira, F., Ramalho Correia, A.M. (eds) Trends and Applications in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1368. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72654-6_24

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