Microwave Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection using CMI

Abstract

Microwave imaging is the most attractive diagnostic technique for medical imaging interested by different scientific research teams. This paper proposes an algorithm namely Confocal Microwave Imaging (CMI) for detecting and locating a tumor by analyzing different electromagnetic signals. Firstly, an UWB antenna is designed and optimized to obtain a good impedance match over the required frequency range (3.1 GHz to 14 GHz) according to the FCC. Finally, the confocal microwave imaging (CMI) algorithm has been implemented and applied to create an image of tumor. The results obtained proved the feasibility of detecting breast tumors using CMI method.