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Microwave Tomography Analysis System for Breast Tumor Detection

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In the breast-cancer image detection device field, remarkable advancements have been made in the breast cancer detection method using microwave radiation that satisfies the conditions required by Institute of Medicine (IOM). This paper is for embodying the microwave analysis breast tumor detection system that can analyze the permittivity and the conductivity of the breast inside, discover breast tumors, and easily check the various analytical information of the scatter and size of tumors inside breasts. The microwave breast tumor detection system is composed of an antenna array and the RF transceiver for the acquiring of microwave exposure information; the inverse scattering algorithm for searching the permitivity, conductivity and position of a material, and graphic user interface software that includes the visualization and various analyses of acquired data. The embodied system has shown the same-level function of tumor detection even in the type of heterogeneously dense material that is difficult to detect through mammography by experimentations with four kinds of classifications according to the distribution of lactiferous duct inside the breast.

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This work was supported by the IT R&D program of MKE/KCC/KEIT. (KI001685, Study on Diagnosis and Protection Technology based on EM) and grant of the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Regional Core Research Program/Chungbuk BIT Research-Oriented University Consortium).

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  1. College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-Ro, Heungduk-Gu, Cheongju-Si, Chungbuk, 361-763, South Korea

    Ki-Chul Kwon, Young-Tae Lim, Chul-Ho Kim & Nam Kim

  2. Department of Computer Education and Department of IIE, Chungbuk National University, 410 SungBong-Ro, Heungduk-Gu, Cheongju-Si, Chungbuk, 361-763, South Korea

    Chan Park & Kwan-Hee Yoo

  3. Electronics and Telecommuincations Research Institute, 138 Gajeongno, Yuseong-gu, 305-700, South Korea

    Seong-Ho Son & Soon-Ik Jeon

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Kwon, KC., Lim, YT., Kim, CH. et al. Microwave Tomography Analysis System for Breast Tumor Detection. J Med Syst 36, 1757–1767 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-010-9635-4

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