Microwave imaging is one of the most promising techniques in diagnosis and screening of
breast cancer and in the medical field that currently under development. It is nonionizing,
noninvasive, sensitive to tumors, specific to cancers, and low-cost. Microwave measurements
can be carried out either in frequency domain or in time domain. In order to develop a
clinically viable medical imaging system, it is important to understand the characteristics of the
microwave antenna. In this paper we investigate some antenna characteristics and discuss
limitations of existing and proposed systems.
Breast cancer detecting device using micro strip antennaSubham Dhar
The document describes a proposed design for a flexible microstrip patch antenna for breast cancer detection. It would work in the 2.2-2.45 GHz ISM band with a return loss of -30 dB or better. The design focuses on low skin heating, avoiding antenna arrays, and maximizing gain. It would be implanted on an F4F substrate to address issues with existing antenna designs. The document also provides background on breast cancer and discusses different detection techniques like mammography and MRI, as well as applications of antenna arrays in medical imaging and diagnosis.
This work was presented at the first Annual IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS) held as part of the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium 2011, in Phoenix, AZ.
Microwave imaging shows promise for breast cancer screening by taking advantage of the dielectric property differences between normal and malignant breast tissues. A microwave imaging system was developed at Dartmouth that incorporates patient anatomical information from MRI to improve the spatial resolution of the reconstructed microwave images. Initial phantom and clinical studies demonstrate that including structural information enhances the ability to detect and characterize abnormalities. Further research is still needed including bilateral breast imaging and customized MRI coils to enable viable 3D microwave imaging.
Recent advances in steriotactic radiosurgeryNabil Khalil
The document discusses advances in radiosurgery technology that have allowed for more precise targeting of lesions in or near the brain and spine. It describes new radiosurgery systems like the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Cyberknife that can perform stereotactic radiosurgery with enhanced features like dynamic shaping and treatment of suboccipital and extracranial targets. While the gamma knife is limited by its use of a stereotactic frame and inability to treat lesions far from the cranium, new technologies overcome limitations of standard radiation techniques for spinal tumors which require large treatment fields and cannot exclude the spinal cord from high radiation doses.
Radiation Risk from CT Scan and the possibility of getting cancer after receiving high dose of radiation.
Dr. Khalid Shokor Mahmood, neurosurgeon, Iraq
Calypso Medical's Prostate Cancer Treatment: Imaging Technology NewsCalypso Medical
A thorough explanation of image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer, prostate cancer side effects associated with prostate radiation treatment, and how Calypso GPS for the Body technology greatly reduces the risk of side effects.
Microcalcification Enhancement in Digital MammogramNashid Alam
The document discusses early detection of breast cancer through computer-aided detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. It describes microcalcifications and how mammography is used to detect them as early signs of cancer. The problem is the difficulty for radiologists to accurately detect microcalcifications. The goal is to develop a computer model to better detect microcalcification clusters and determine cancer likelihood from mammogram images.
The CyberKnife is a frameless robotic radiosurgery system used to treat both benign and malignant tumors. It was invented in the 1990s and is manufactured by Accuray. It uses a compact linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm to deliver radiation from many angles and can track tumor motion using X-ray imaging and respiratory tracking sensors. Treatment planning involves defining target volumes and constructing a correspondence model between internal fiducial markers and external sensors to track tumor position in real-time during delivery. The CyberKnife provides an alternative to frame-based radiosurgery and can fractionate treatment over multiple days.
Breast cancer detecting device using micro strip antennaSubham Dhar
The document describes a proposed design for a flexible microstrip patch antenna for breast cancer detection. It would work in the 2.2-2.45 GHz ISM band with a return loss of -30 dB or better. The design focuses on low skin heating, avoiding antenna arrays, and maximizing gain. It would be implanted on an F4F substrate to address issues with existing antenna designs. The document also provides background on breast cancer and discusses different detection techniques like mammography and MRI, as well as applications of antenna arrays in medical imaging and diagnosis.
This work was presented at the first Annual IEEE Topical Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems (BioWireleSS) held as part of the IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium 2011, in Phoenix, AZ.
Microwave imaging shows promise for breast cancer screening by taking advantage of the dielectric property differences between normal and malignant breast tissues. A microwave imaging system was developed at Dartmouth that incorporates patient anatomical information from MRI to improve the spatial resolution of the reconstructed microwave images. Initial phantom and clinical studies demonstrate that including structural information enhances the ability to detect and characterize abnormalities. Further research is still needed including bilateral breast imaging and customized MRI coils to enable viable 3D microwave imaging.
Recent advances in steriotactic radiosurgeryNabil Khalil
The document discusses advances in radiosurgery technology that have allowed for more precise targeting of lesions in or near the brain and spine. It describes new radiosurgery systems like the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion and Cyberknife that can perform stereotactic radiosurgery with enhanced features like dynamic shaping and treatment of suboccipital and extracranial targets. While the gamma knife is limited by its use of a stereotactic frame and inability to treat lesions far from the cranium, new technologies overcome limitations of standard radiation techniques for spinal tumors which require large treatment fields and cannot exclude the spinal cord from high radiation doses.
Radiation Risk from CT Scan and the possibility of getting cancer after receiving high dose of radiation.
Dr. Khalid Shokor Mahmood, neurosurgeon, Iraq
Calypso Medical's Prostate Cancer Treatment: Imaging Technology NewsCalypso Medical
A thorough explanation of image guided radiation therapy for prostate cancer, prostate cancer side effects associated with prostate radiation treatment, and how Calypso GPS for the Body technology greatly reduces the risk of side effects.
Microcalcification Enhancement in Digital MammogramNashid Alam
The document discusses early detection of breast cancer through computer-aided detection of microcalcifications in digital mammograms. It describes microcalcifications and how mammography is used to detect them as early signs of cancer. The problem is the difficulty for radiologists to accurately detect microcalcifications. The goal is to develop a computer model to better detect microcalcification clusters and determine cancer likelihood from mammogram images.
The CyberKnife is a frameless robotic radiosurgery system used to treat both benign and malignant tumors. It was invented in the 1990s and is manufactured by Accuray. It uses a compact linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm to deliver radiation from many angles and can track tumor motion using X-ray imaging and respiratory tracking sensors. Treatment planning involves defining target volumes and constructing a correspondence model between internal fiducial markers and external sensors to track tumor position in real-time during delivery. The CyberKnife provides an alternative to frame-based radiosurgery and can fractionate treatment over multiple days.
A Review of Super Resolution and Tumor Detection Techniques in Medical Imagingijtsrd
Images with high resolution are desirable in many applications such as medical imaging, video surveillance, astronomy etc. In medical imaging, images are obtained for medical investigative purposes and for providing information about the anatomy, the physiologic and metabolic activities of the volume below the skin. Medical imaging is an important diagnosis instrument to determine the presence of certain diseases. Therefore increasing the image resolution should significantly improve the diagnosis ability for corrective treatment. Brain tumor detection is used for identifying the tumor present in the Brain. MRI images help the doctors for identifying the Brain tumor size and shape of the tumor. The purpose of this report to provide a survey of research related super resolution and tumor detection methods. Fathimath Safana C. K | Sherin Mary Kuriakose ""A Review of Super Resolution and Tumor Detection Techniques in Medical Imaging"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23525.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/23525/a-review-of-super-resolution-and-tumor-detection-techniques-in-medical-imaging/fathimath-safana-c-k
The document discusses different radiosurgery treatments including CyberKnife, Gamma Knife, and stereotactic linear accelerators. Radiosurgery uses precisely targeted radiation beams in three dimensions to treat tumors. It originated in 1951 with Gammaknife and has advanced with linear accelerators and CyberKnife, which can track tumor movement for extracranial treatments. The CyberKnife uses a linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm to direct radiation from any angle.
Educational presentation explains how Calypso uses GPS for the Body Technology to precisely target radiation for prostate cancer treatment and reduce prostate radiation side effects.
Diffusion-weighted imaging relies on detecting the random movement of water molecules using magnetic gradients. It provides information about water mobility in tissues and can help identify areas of restricted diffusion that may indicate malignancies. Developments in MRI technology have improved diffusion-weighted imaging, allowing its increasing use in detecting and characterizing tumors. By measuring the apparent diffusion coefficient, it can aid in tumor detection and assessment of treatment response. Diffusion-weighted imaging is now an important part of MRI exams, especially for evaluating the brain, liver, kidneys and other organs.
A summary of recent innovations in radiation oncology focussing on the priniciples of different techniques and their application. An overview of clinical results has also been given
The document provides an overview of radiosurgery, including its history, how radiation works, types of radiosurgery systems available, and targets for treatment. It discusses stereotactic radiosurgery using gamma knives or linear accelerators to precisely deliver high doses of radiation in a single session. Key systems discussed include Gamma Knife, proton therapy, and linear accelerator-based platforms like Trilogy and CyberKnife. Common targets are brain metastases, AVMs, acoustic neuromas, and certain tumors.
1. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) delivers a high single dose of radiation during surgery to the tumor bed or residual tumor. This allows dose escalation while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissues, which are displaced or shielded.
2. IORT has advantages over external beam radiation therapy including reduced local recurrence rates, maximizing the radiobiological effect of a single high dose, and optimizing the timing of combined surgery and radiation.
3. Clinical trials show IORT combined with external beam radiation reduces side effects compared to external beam radiation alone, while maintaining local control rates in early stage breast cancer.
Explain the non safe or harm aspects of CT scan on the patient,, particularly after multiple CT scans done for one patient. mentioned essentially the risk of cancer in later life, which reach 1/2000.
Also, mentioned the organs, age group, and gender which affected more by CT radiation
Finally , stressing on eliminating CT scan as possible
A Infrared hyperspectral imaging technique for non-invasive cancer detection.IJERD Editor
Hyperspectral imaging(HI) is an emerging technology in the field of biomedical engineering which may be used as a non-invasive modality for cancer characterization. In this project, we propose to investigate hyperspectral imaging for the characterization of gastric cancer. The hyperspectral imaging has been used for the detection of various kinds of human cancer; breast, gastric, prostate and tongue. A research group has also investigated the use of reflectance imaging to detect canine cancer using fluorescent dyes. The use of hyperspectral imaging, however, has been limited for the characterization of cancer. In this project, we have already acquired many hyperspectral images of tumors. The malignant tissue has relatively low reflectance intensity compared to the benign tissue. The decreased reflectance intensity observed for malignant tumors is due to the increased microvasculature and therefore higher blood content of cancerous tissue relative to benign tissue. In the future, we will normalize and preprocess the spectral dataset. We propose to apply various algorithms such as Support Vector Machine, Linear Discriminant Analysis and Principal Component Analysis on the spectral data to discern the malignant and benign tumors. The advantage of cancer detection using hyperspectral imaging is that it is non-invasive, highly efficient and less time consuming than traditional methods like biopsy.
1) Radiation therapy can induce second malignancies through mutagenesis. Long-term follow up of atomic bomb survivors showed increased tumor development compared to non-irradiated individuals.
2) A study of 232 patients who received radiation therapy found 4 cases of second malignancies developing in irradiated fields, consisting of 2 breast cancers, 1 carcinoma, and 1 sarcoma.
3) A British study found an elevated risk ratio of 1.34 for breast cancer developing more than 5 years after radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment. The benefits of radiation therapy still outweigh the risks when used appropriately.
Microwave imaging is a technique that uses electromagnetic waves in the microwave frequency range (300 MHz - 300 GHz) to evaluate hidden or embedded objects within a structure. There are two main types of microwave imaging: quantitative imaging, which determines the electrical and geometric properties of objects, and qualitative imaging, which produces a reflectivity profile of objects. A microwave imaging system consists of hardware to collect electromagnetic wave data from a sample and software to process the data into images. Common applications of microwave imaging include medical imaging, nondestructive testing, structural health monitoring, and through-wall detection.
Stereotactic radiotherapy uses a rigid coordinate system attached to the patient to precisely target tumors for radiation treatment. Imaging such as CT and MRI are used to delineate the tumor target and nearby organs at risk. Treatment planning software then designs radiation beams that converge on the target from multiple angles, creating a steep dose gradient to spare surrounding tissue. This allows high-dose radiation to be focused within millimeters to eradicate the tumor while avoiding side effects in normal tissue.
The document discusses intrabeam intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for breast cancer. It summarizes the TARGIT-A clinical trial which found IORT using the INTRABEAM system to be non-inferior to whole breast external beam radiotherapy for selected early-stage breast cancer patients. The INTRABEAM system delivers a targeted single fraction of low-energy X-rays directly to the tumor bed during lumpectomy surgery, shortening treatment time compared to the standard 5-6 weeks of external beam radiotherapy. The technique aims to sterilize the tumor bed while sparing surrounding healthy tissue from radiation exposure.
Sixty percent of primary brain tumors are glial tumors, with two-thirds being high-grade. Radiotherapy plays an important role in treating brain tumors, especially for high-grade gliomas, residual disease after surgery, recurrent tumors, and some benign tumors. Techniques include conventional 2D radiotherapy, 3D conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy using platforms like Gamma Knife or LINAC, and brachytherapy. Emerging techniques like proton beam therapy aim to further reduce radiation exposure to surrounding normal brain tissue. Selection of the right radiotherapy technique depends on the tumor type, location, and available technology.
This document discusses stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery. It begins by explaining that stereotactic radiotherapy precisely delivers radiation doses to defined tumor volumes, sparing surrounding normal tissues, using an external coordinate system attached to the patient. Stereotactic radiotherapy involves fractionated doses while radiosurgery delivers a high single dose. Imaging is used to delineate the target and organs at risk. Treatment planning software is then used to plan radiation techniques delivering a steep dose gradient. Quality assurance protocols ensure precise dose delivery. Indications, advantages, and limitations of stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery are provided. The document concludes by discussing advances and other modalities like proton radiosurgery.
This document discusses radiotherapy planning and techniques for breast cancer treatment. It describes the iterative process of developing a treatment plan, which involves initial beam arrangement based on clinical experience, reviewing dose distributions, and modifying the plan based on parameters like isodose lines and dose-volume histograms. It also covers challenges like respiratory motion and setup uncertainties, and techniques to address these like deep inspiratory breath hold and respiratory gating. The goal is to deliver the prescribed radiation dose to the target while sparing surrounding healthy tissues as much as possible.
IORT uses a high single dose of radiation delivered during surgery to treat cancer remnants after tumor removal. It has two objectives: increase local tumor control and increase the ratio of tumor control to damage of nearby healthy tissues. IORT can be delivered via two methods - IOERT uses electron beams from a LINAC and IOHDR uses radioactive sources. Treatment planning requires a multidisciplinary team to determine applicator positioning and appropriate dose to maximize tumor coverage while minimizing radiation to other organs. IORT provides local tumor control comparable to conventional fractionated radiotherapy but with faster treatment time and less damage to surrounding tissues.
This document provides an overview of various radiotherapy techniques used to treat cancer. It describes teletherapy which uses external beams of radiation from radioactive sources like cobalt-60 or iridium-192. Common teletherapy techniques discussed include 2D conformal radiation therapy (2DCRT), 3D conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Each technique is explained in one or two sentences along with examples of imaging technologies and treatment machines used.
This document discusses the advancement of mammographic equipment. It begins by introducing the components and purpose of mammography equipment. Key components discussed in detail include the x-ray tube, compressor, anti-scatter grid, cassette holder, and digital detectors. The document then covers recent advancements, such as digital mammography technologies like computed radiography, full-field digital mammography, and digital breast tomosynthesis, which uses 3D imaging to improve cancer detection rates.
Este documento proporciona una introducción a varias herramientas de búsqueda y comunicación de Google, incluyendo operadores booleanos para realizar búsquedas avanzadas, la creación de sitios web sin conocimientos de HTML a través de Google Sites, herramientas de comunicación como Chat de Gmail y calendario de Google, y aplicaciones como YouTube, Google Drive y Google+.
Exploring The Dynamic Integration of Heterogeneous Services csandit
The increase need for services to handle a plethora of business needs within the enterprise
landscape has yielded to an increase in the development of heterogeneous services across the
digital world. In today’s digital economy, services are the key components for communication
and collaboration amongst enterprises internally and externally. Since Internet has stimulated
the use of services, different services have been developed for different purposes prompting
those services to be heterogeneous due to incompatibles approaches relied upon at both
conceptual and exploitation phases. The proliferation of developed heterogeneous services in
the digital world therefore comes along with a range of challenges more precisely in the
integration layer. Traditionally, integration is achieved by using gateways, which require
considerable configuration effort. Many approaches and frameworks have been developed by
different researchers to overcome these challenges, but up to date the challenges of integration
heterogeneous services with minimal user-involvement still exist. In this paper, we are exploring
the challenges of heterogeneous services and characteristics thereof with the aim of developing
a seamless approach that will alleviate some of these challenges in near future. It is therefore of
outmost importance to understand the challenges and characteristics of heterogeneous services
before developing a mechanism that could eliminate these challenges.
A Review of Super Resolution and Tumor Detection Techniques in Medical Imagingijtsrd
Images with high resolution are desirable in many applications such as medical imaging, video surveillance, astronomy etc. In medical imaging, images are obtained for medical investigative purposes and for providing information about the anatomy, the physiologic and metabolic activities of the volume below the skin. Medical imaging is an important diagnosis instrument to determine the presence of certain diseases. Therefore increasing the image resolution should significantly improve the diagnosis ability for corrective treatment. Brain tumor detection is used for identifying the tumor present in the Brain. MRI images help the doctors for identifying the Brain tumor size and shape of the tumor. The purpose of this report to provide a survey of research related super resolution and tumor detection methods. Fathimath Safana C. K | Sherin Mary Kuriakose ""A Review of Super Resolution and Tumor Detection Techniques in Medical Imaging"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23525.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/23525/a-review-of-super-resolution-and-tumor-detection-techniques-in-medical-imaging/fathimath-safana-c-k
The document discusses different radiosurgery treatments including CyberKnife, Gamma Knife, and stereotactic linear accelerators. Radiosurgery uses precisely targeted radiation beams in three dimensions to treat tumors. It originated in 1951 with Gammaknife and has advanced with linear accelerators and CyberKnife, which can track tumor movement for extracranial treatments. The CyberKnife uses a linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm to direct radiation from any angle.
Educational presentation explains how Calypso uses GPS for the Body Technology to precisely target radiation for prostate cancer treatment and reduce prostate radiation side effects.
Diffusion-weighted imaging relies on detecting the random movement of water molecules using magnetic gradients. It provides information about water mobility in tissues and can help identify areas of restricted diffusion that may indicate malignancies. Developments in MRI technology have improved diffusion-weighted imaging, allowing its increasing use in detecting and characterizing tumors. By measuring the apparent diffusion coefficient, it can aid in tumor detection and assessment of treatment response. Diffusion-weighted imaging is now an important part of MRI exams, especially for evaluating the brain, liver, kidneys and other organs.
A summary of recent innovations in radiation oncology focussing on the priniciples of different techniques and their application. An overview of clinical results has also been given
The document provides an overview of radiosurgery, including its history, how radiation works, types of radiosurgery systems available, and targets for treatment. It discusses stereotactic radiosurgery using gamma knives or linear accelerators to precisely deliver high doses of radiation in a single session. Key systems discussed include Gamma Knife, proton therapy, and linear accelerator-based platforms like Trilogy and CyberKnife. Common targets are brain metastases, AVMs, acoustic neuromas, and certain tumors.
1. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) delivers a high single dose of radiation during surgery to the tumor bed or residual tumor. This allows dose escalation while minimizing exposure to surrounding healthy tissues, which are displaced or shielded.
2. IORT has advantages over external beam radiation therapy including reduced local recurrence rates, maximizing the radiobiological effect of a single high dose, and optimizing the timing of combined surgery and radiation.
3. Clinical trials show IORT combined with external beam radiation reduces side effects compared to external beam radiation alone, while maintaining local control rates in early stage breast cancer.
Explain the non safe or harm aspects of CT scan on the patient,, particularly after multiple CT scans done for one patient. mentioned essentially the risk of cancer in later life, which reach 1/2000.
Also, mentioned the organs, age group, and gender which affected more by CT radiation
Finally , stressing on eliminating CT scan as possible
A Infrared hyperspectral imaging technique for non-invasive cancer detection.IJERD Editor
Hyperspectral imaging(HI) is an emerging technology in the field of biomedical engineering which may be used as a non-invasive modality for cancer characterization. In this project, we propose to investigate hyperspectral imaging for the characterization of gastric cancer. The hyperspectral imaging has been used for the detection of various kinds of human cancer; breast, gastric, prostate and tongue. A research group has also investigated the use of reflectance imaging to detect canine cancer using fluorescent dyes. The use of hyperspectral imaging, however, has been limited for the characterization of cancer. In this project, we have already acquired many hyperspectral images of tumors. The malignant tissue has relatively low reflectance intensity compared to the benign tissue. The decreased reflectance intensity observed for malignant tumors is due to the increased microvasculature and therefore higher blood content of cancerous tissue relative to benign tissue. In the future, we will normalize and preprocess the spectral dataset. We propose to apply various algorithms such as Support Vector Machine, Linear Discriminant Analysis and Principal Component Analysis on the spectral data to discern the malignant and benign tumors. The advantage of cancer detection using hyperspectral imaging is that it is non-invasive, highly efficient and less time consuming than traditional methods like biopsy.
1) Radiation therapy can induce second malignancies through mutagenesis. Long-term follow up of atomic bomb survivors showed increased tumor development compared to non-irradiated individuals.
2) A study of 232 patients who received radiation therapy found 4 cases of second malignancies developing in irradiated fields, consisting of 2 breast cancers, 1 carcinoma, and 1 sarcoma.
3) A British study found an elevated risk ratio of 1.34 for breast cancer developing more than 5 years after radiation therapy for breast cancer treatment. The benefits of radiation therapy still outweigh the risks when used appropriately.
Microwave imaging is a technique that uses electromagnetic waves in the microwave frequency range (300 MHz - 300 GHz) to evaluate hidden or embedded objects within a structure. There are two main types of microwave imaging: quantitative imaging, which determines the electrical and geometric properties of objects, and qualitative imaging, which produces a reflectivity profile of objects. A microwave imaging system consists of hardware to collect electromagnetic wave data from a sample and software to process the data into images. Common applications of microwave imaging include medical imaging, nondestructive testing, structural health monitoring, and through-wall detection.
Stereotactic radiotherapy uses a rigid coordinate system attached to the patient to precisely target tumors for radiation treatment. Imaging such as CT and MRI are used to delineate the tumor target and nearby organs at risk. Treatment planning software then designs radiation beams that converge on the target from multiple angles, creating a steep dose gradient to spare surrounding tissue. This allows high-dose radiation to be focused within millimeters to eradicate the tumor while avoiding side effects in normal tissue.
The document discusses intrabeam intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for breast cancer. It summarizes the TARGIT-A clinical trial which found IORT using the INTRABEAM system to be non-inferior to whole breast external beam radiotherapy for selected early-stage breast cancer patients. The INTRABEAM system delivers a targeted single fraction of low-energy X-rays directly to the tumor bed during lumpectomy surgery, shortening treatment time compared to the standard 5-6 weeks of external beam radiotherapy. The technique aims to sterilize the tumor bed while sparing surrounding healthy tissue from radiation exposure.
Sixty percent of primary brain tumors are glial tumors, with two-thirds being high-grade. Radiotherapy plays an important role in treating brain tumors, especially for high-grade gliomas, residual disease after surgery, recurrent tumors, and some benign tumors. Techniques include conventional 2D radiotherapy, 3D conformal radiotherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy using platforms like Gamma Knife or LINAC, and brachytherapy. Emerging techniques like proton beam therapy aim to further reduce radiation exposure to surrounding normal brain tissue. Selection of the right radiotherapy technique depends on the tumor type, location, and available technology.
This document discusses stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery. It begins by explaining that stereotactic radiotherapy precisely delivers radiation doses to defined tumor volumes, sparing surrounding normal tissues, using an external coordinate system attached to the patient. Stereotactic radiotherapy involves fractionated doses while radiosurgery delivers a high single dose. Imaging is used to delineate the target and organs at risk. Treatment planning software is then used to plan radiation techniques delivering a steep dose gradient. Quality assurance protocols ensure precise dose delivery. Indications, advantages, and limitations of stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery are provided. The document concludes by discussing advances and other modalities like proton radiosurgery.
This document discusses radiotherapy planning and techniques for breast cancer treatment. It describes the iterative process of developing a treatment plan, which involves initial beam arrangement based on clinical experience, reviewing dose distributions, and modifying the plan based on parameters like isodose lines and dose-volume histograms. It also covers challenges like respiratory motion and setup uncertainties, and techniques to address these like deep inspiratory breath hold and respiratory gating. The goal is to deliver the prescribed radiation dose to the target while sparing surrounding healthy tissues as much as possible.
IORT uses a high single dose of radiation delivered during surgery to treat cancer remnants after tumor removal. It has two objectives: increase local tumor control and increase the ratio of tumor control to damage of nearby healthy tissues. IORT can be delivered via two methods - IOERT uses electron beams from a LINAC and IOHDR uses radioactive sources. Treatment planning requires a multidisciplinary team to determine applicator positioning and appropriate dose to maximize tumor coverage while minimizing radiation to other organs. IORT provides local tumor control comparable to conventional fractionated radiotherapy but with faster treatment time and less damage to surrounding tissues.
This document provides an overview of various radiotherapy techniques used to treat cancer. It describes teletherapy which uses external beams of radiation from radioactive sources like cobalt-60 or iridium-192. Common teletherapy techniques discussed include 2D conformal radiation therapy (2DCRT), 3D conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Each technique is explained in one or two sentences along with examples of imaging technologies and treatment machines used.
This document discusses the advancement of mammographic equipment. It begins by introducing the components and purpose of mammography equipment. Key components discussed in detail include the x-ray tube, compressor, anti-scatter grid, cassette holder, and digital detectors. The document then covers recent advancements, such as digital mammography technologies like computed radiography, full-field digital mammography, and digital breast tomosynthesis, which uses 3D imaging to improve cancer detection rates.
Este documento proporciona una introducción a varias herramientas de búsqueda y comunicación de Google, incluyendo operadores booleanos para realizar búsquedas avanzadas, la creación de sitios web sin conocimientos de HTML a través de Google Sites, herramientas de comunicación como Chat de Gmail y calendario de Google, y aplicaciones como YouTube, Google Drive y Google+.
Exploring The Dynamic Integration of Heterogeneous Services csandit
The increase need for services to handle a plethora of business needs within the enterprise
landscape has yielded to an increase in the development of heterogeneous services across the
digital world. In today’s digital economy, services are the key components for communication
and collaboration amongst enterprises internally and externally. Since Internet has stimulated
the use of services, different services have been developed for different purposes prompting
those services to be heterogeneous due to incompatibles approaches relied upon at both
conceptual and exploitation phases. The proliferation of developed heterogeneous services in
the digital world therefore comes along with a range of challenges more precisely in the
integration layer. Traditionally, integration is achieved by using gateways, which require
considerable configuration effort. Many approaches and frameworks have been developed by
different researchers to overcome these challenges, but up to date the challenges of integration
heterogeneous services with minimal user-involvement still exist. In this paper, we are exploring
the challenges of heterogeneous services and characteristics thereof with the aim of developing
a seamless approach that will alleviate some of these challenges in near future. It is therefore of
outmost importance to understand the challenges and characteristics of heterogeneous services
before developing a mechanism that could eliminate these challenges.
Several solutions exist for file storage, sharing, and synchronization. Many of them involve a
central server, or a collection of servers, that either store the files, or act as a gateway for them
to be shared. Some systems take a decentralized approach, wherein interconnected users form a
peer-to-peer (P2P) network, and partake in the sharing process: they share the files they
possess with others, and can obtain the files owned by other peers.
In this paper, we survey various technologies, both cloud-based and P2P-based, that users use
to synchronize their files across the network, and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
EVALUATION AND STUDY OF SOFTWARE DEGRADATION IN THE EVOLUTION OF SIX VERSIONS...csandit
This document discusses evaluating software degradation through six versions of the open-source software JHotDraw. Data was collected dynamically from each version using AspectJ to derive two metrics: entropy and software maturity index. Entropy measures complexity and was expected to decrease as the software evolved from adding new features. The software maturity index was derived from documentation and aimed to find if entropy decreases most when maturity is highest, implying a relationship between the two. Six versions of JHotDraw released over five years were tested to investigate changes in these metrics and degradation as the software evolved through new versions.
A FLOATING POINT DIVISION UNIT BASED ON TAYLOR-SERIES EXPANSION ALGORITHM AND...csandit
Floating point division, even though being an infrequent operation in the traditional sense, is
indis-pensable when it comes to a range of non-traditional applications such as K-Means
Clustering and QR Decomposition just to name a few. In such applications, hardware support
for floating point division would boost the performance of the entire system. In this paper, we
present a novel architecture for a floating point division unit based on the Taylor-series
expansion algorithm. We show that the Iterative Logarithmic Multiplier is very well suited to be
used as a part of this architecture. We propose an implementation of the powering unit that can
calculate an odd power and an even power of a number simultaneously, meanwhile having little
hardware overhead when compared to the Iterative Logarithmic Multiplier.
Explore the Effects of Emoticons on Twitter Sentiment Analysis csandit
In recent years, Twitter Sentiment Analysis (TSA) has become a hot research topic. The target of
this task is to analyse the sentiment polarity of the tweets. There are a lot of machine learning
methods specifically developed to solve TSA problems, such as fully supervised method,
distantly supervised method and combined method of these two. Considering the specialty of
tweets that a limitation of 140 characters, emoticons have important effects on TSA. In this
paper, we compare three emoticon pre-processing methods: emotion deletion (emoDel),
emoticons 2-valued translation (emo2label) and emoticon explanation (emo2explanation).
Then, we propose a method based on emoticon-weight lexicon, and conduct experiments based
on Naive Bayes classifier, to validate the crucial role emoticons play on guiding emotion
tendency in a tweet. Experiments on real data sets demonstrate that emoticons are vital to TSA.
Robust Visual Tracking Based on Sparse PCA-L1csandit
Recently, visual tracking based on sparse principle component analysis has drawn much
research attention. As we all know, principle component analysis (PCA) is widely used in data
processing and dimensionality reduction. But PCA is difficult to interpret in practical
application and all those principal components are linear combinations of all variables. In our
paper, a novel visual tracking method based on sparse principal component analysis and L1
tracking is introduced, which we named the method SPCA-L1 tracking. We firstly introduce
trivial templates of L1 tracking method, which are used to describe noise, into PCA appearance
model. Then we use lasso model to achieve sparse coefficients. Then we update the eigenbasis
and mean incrementally to make the method robust when solving different kinds of changes of
the target. Numerous experiments, where the targets undergo large changes in pose, scale and
illumination, demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method.
Understanding the Impact of the Social Media on Digital Marketing and E-comme...Rohit Pawar
This document discusses the impact of social media on digital marketing and e-commerce. It explains that social media enables interaction without physical meetings and provides opportunities for customer engagement and information access. Social media influences user behavior by tracking browsing history, which is important for e-businesses to understand. Social media also allows businesses to gain wider reach through evolution of social commerce, which helps develop trust in the e-commerce sector. Product reviews on social media can strengthen e-commerce, while negative reviews are promptly addressed to build loyalty and retention.
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A low cost and portable microwave imaging system for breast tumor detection u...rsfdtd
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1) A compact side slotted tapered slot antenna was designed for the system with 9 slots added to enhance gain and directivity while reducing size.
2) An experimental validation was conducted using a breast phantom developed to mimic dielectric properties of real breast tissues and containing tumor inclusions.
3) Scattered signals were collected and processed using an iterative delay-and-sum algorithm to reconstruct tumor images within the breast phantom.
1. A new low-cost and portable microwave imaging system is proposed for detecting breast tumors using an ultra-wideband directional antenna array.
2. A compact tapered slot antenna is designed with side slots to enhance gain and directivity while reducing size.
3. An experimental system is developed using a breast phantom containing tumors to validate the antenna and imaging algorithm. Scattered signals are processed to reconstruct tumor images within the breast phantom.
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This document describes the design of a flexible 16-antenna array for microwave breast cancer detection operating in the 2-4 GHz range. A multilayer model of the breast is used to design flexible monopole and spiral antennas that can conform to the breast. The antennas are designed on a 50-micron Kapton polyimide substrate to be lightweight and flexible for wearable applications. Measurements show the flexible antennas maintain good impedance matching in different positions and curvatures around the breast. A 4x4 array of the flexible antennas is developed in a bra-like format for a radar-based breast cancer detection system.
This document describes a new microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection that produces 3D tomographic images much faster than previous systems. The system uses an array of antennas to illuminate the breast and collects data in under 2 minutes. It then uses a discrete dipole approximation algorithm to reconstruct the 3D images in less than 20 minutes, overcoming the enormous time burdens of prior algorithms. The document presents the first clinical 3D microwave tomographic images of the breast from over 400 patient exams. Two clinical examples are shown, one demonstrating potential for breast cancer screening and another focusing on monitoring therapy response.
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UWB antenna with circular patch for early breast cancer detectionTELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. It has the highest incidence rate and
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the most important parameter for detecting cancerous tissue to prevent serious consequences. In this
electronic paper, wepresent a new design of an ultra-wide-band circular microstrip patch antenna operating
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biomedical applications.
Breast conserving surgery followed by adjuvant radiotherapy is adopted in the early detected cases and mastectomy followed by radiotherapy or chemotherapy in the advanced cases are the general practices.
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) delivers radiation to only the area around the tumor bed after breast-conserving surgery rather than the entire breast. Several techniques for APBI exist including interstitial brachytherapy, intracavitary brachytherapy, intraoperative radiation therapy, and external beam radiotherapy. Studies show local recurrence rates and cosmetic outcomes with APBI are comparable to whole breast irradiation, though longer follow up is still needed before APBI can be considered the new standard of care for early-stage breast cancer patients.
Design of an Elliptical Planar Monopole Antenna for using in Radar-Based and ...IRJET Journal
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to increased healthcare cost, unnecessary medical procedures and the distress and anxiety on the
part of the patient [4]. Other important concerns ,is that screening mammography is less sensitive
in women with radio-graphically dense breast tissue prevalent in younger women, where it has
been shown that X-ray mammography has failed to detect up to 30% of cancers greater than 5
mm in diameter [5], due to its relatively poor soft-tissue contrast.
The other drawbacks include variability in radiological interpretation, and a slight risk of
inducing cancer due to the ionizing radiation exposure. Frequent monitoring is difficult because
of health concerns related to exposure to ionizing radiation.
2. ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TISSUES
A large scale studies determine the dielectric properties of a variety of normal, malignant and
benign breast tissues, measured at the microwave range has been conducted in the USA [6]. The
potential for using microwaves for detecting breast tumors is based on the concept of tissue-
dependent microwave scattering and absorption in the breast to exploit the contrast in the
dielectric properties of malignant and normal breast tissues.
It has been widely assumed that normal breast tissue is largely transparent to microwaves because
they are featured with a low relative permittivity and conductivity at the microwave frequency
bands, whereas lesions, which contain more water and blood are characterized by a high relative
permittivity and conductivity at the microwave frequencies and hence they cause a significant
backscatter [7]. Microwave breast cancer detection is based on the difference in the dielectric
properties between healthy (ϵr=9 and ϭ=0.4 S/M) and malignant (ϵr=50 and ϭ=7 S/M) for
example [8].
Figure 1: Electrical behavior of normal and malignant tissues at different microwave frequencies
acquired by applying four-term Cole-Cole parametric dispersions models [9].
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3. MICROWAVE IMAGING TECHNIQUES
There are three different methods in microwave imaging for breast cancer detection, passive,
hybrid, and active.
3.1 Passive Microwave Imaging
In passive microwave imaging based on the fact that microwave pulses causes the cells
temperature inside the breast increases, and due to different characteristics different tissues
have different temperature. The produced image in this method shows measured temperature.
In this method, the tumor is detected as points with higher temperature due to its
characteristics [10–11].
3.2 Hybrid Method Microwave
In hybrid method, microwave and acoustic are combined together. Because tumors absorb
higher energy compare with normal tissue they expand more. This expansion causes pressure
waves. Using a focused ultrasound transducer these waves can be detected [12].
3.3 Active Microwave Imaging
In active microwave imaging, breast is illuminated by a microwave transmitter and the
scattered waves are received. There are two approaches for image making, tomography and
radar-based microwave imaging. In tomography, by analyzing the received scattered waves,
we try to reconstruct the permittivity distribution of the breast tissues.
The higher permittivity shows tumor compare with low permittivity as normal tissue. In radar-
based microwave imaging based on the strong scattered waves, tumor is detected. There are
several researches using this method for breast cancer detection [13–15]. Based on the design,
patient lies on supine or prone position and an antenna array locates on the breast. An UWB
pulse is transmitted sequentially from each antenna. The scattered signal received and
analyzed, and using these signals and space time beam forming method an image is created.
Because tumors have a stronger backscattering compare with normal breast tissues, locations
related to malignant tumors have higher energy level in the image.
4. MICROWAVE ANTENNAS EMPLOYED IN IMAGING
Antenna is the key element of the microwave imaging system that radiates and receives signals
to or from nearby scattered objects. Many medical antennas have been designed and realized
over the years. Some are patented, some are successful while others have never had the spread
that was intended. Antenna technologyfor medical applications is a major research field.
The primary requirement for the UWB imaging antennas to be used in the 3D time domain
non-linear super resolution inverse scattering microwave imaging techniques is low dispersive
behavior (linear phase) over the operating bandwidth of 1-4 GHz.
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There are many challenges for designing UWB antenna includes the ultra-wideband
performance of the impedance matching, (i.e. good impedance matching “S11< -10 dB” in the
band of 3.1 to 10.6 GHz), small size, minimum distortion, stable radiation pattern, and stable
gain. Currently, there are many antenna designs that can achieve broad bandwidth to be used
in UWB systems.
Various microwave antennas are used across the world by different microwave medical
Imaging groups. This section details four such antennas which are either used in medical
imaging applications or are identified as potential solutions to be used. In what follows, a
discussion on each of these antennas will be made.
4.1 Dipole and Monopole Antenna
The dipole antenna is reasonably compact and lightweight, however, its bandwidth is not very
large and, when excited by an impulse, the reflections of the impulse from the ends of the
dipole are evident as a long, ringing, impulse response which, as discussed above, is
undesirable.
The end-reflection problem can be eased by placing lossy material at the dipole ends in order
to reduce the reflected wave (and hence the Q of the antenna), or by placing resistors at a
quarter-wavelength distance from the ends of the antenna. The latter technique was used as far
back as the early 1960s to create a travelling-wave antenna, although the varying electrical
distance from the resistors to the ends of the dipole arms makes this a rather bandwidth-
limited approach and it also requires the length of the dipole to be greater than a half-
wavelength [16].
A resistively loaded monopole constructed by soldering together chains of 32 resistors has
also been presented, with a quoted efficiency of 25% and very good impulse-radiation
characteristics. In general, as the electrical size of the antenna reduces, the amount of resistive
loading must be increased to maintain bandwidth, and efficiency reduces.
By using monopole antennas the entire imaging region can be illuminated by placing them
close to the target, whereas in other antennas the distance has to be greater in order to provide
sufficient illumination coverage. Space advantage offered by the monopole transmitters can
prove to be very useful for systems using multiple transmit/receive channels. In a medium
such as air or deionized water this type of antenna is notorious for producing exciting currents
[17]. Demonstrate that the isotropic radiation pattern of the monopole does not serve to
degrade imaging performance in the near field context, rather it actually increases the image
quality obtained.
In order to realize a clinically viable system a fixed array data acquisition design may be
desired. Planar monopole antennas are considered as promising candidates for microwave
imaging. Many modern designs try to add more enhancements in terms of side lobe level (SLL)
and the size.
4.2 Bow-Tie Antenna
The design of an efficient wideband coplanar strip line fed bow-tie antenna with improved
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bandwidth, low cross polarization and reduced back radiation [18]. The new antenna is
constructed by structurally modifying the conventional micro strip bowtie antenna design; this is
achieved by attaching an image plane. The antenna is designed as a patch on a single layered
substrate with εr = 4.28 and thickness of 1.6mm.
The coplanar strip line is designed to have an input impedance of 50 in order to couple the
antenna effectively with the measurement system. The parameters, such as the distance to the
image plane, flare angle of the bow, and dimensions of the antenna, are found to affect the
bandwidth. These parameters are optimized to enhance the performance. The antenna exhibits
unidirectional radiation pattern with enhanced bandwidth reduced back radiation and low cross
polarization in the operational band and thus making it suitable for Confocal Microwave
Imaging (CMI). A typical wideband bow-tie antenna with coplanar strip line feed for CMI is
shown in Figure 2. CMI employs back scattering to locate breast cancer tumors, so the antenna
employed is required to focus the microwave signal towards the target and collect the back
scattered energy . A 2:1 Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) bandwidth of 45.9% is obtained for the
designed 4x4cm bow-tie antenna in air, which has a flare angle of 90°. The antenna operates in
the band of 1850MHz - 3425 MHz with a return loss of -53dB. It is reported that in corn syrup
the bandwidth is enhanced to 91% in the range of 1215 MHz – 3810 MHz with resonant
frequency of 2855MHz and return loss of -41dB[19].
4.3 Vivaldi Antenna
The Vivaldi antenna that satisfies the requirements for imaging systems in terms of bandwidth,
gain and impulse response, albeit at the expense of significant volumetric size. In addition to the
bandwidth requirement, the antenna supports the sub nanosecond pulse transmission with
negligible distortion to achieve precision imaging without ghost targets. Later in 2006 designed
a Vivaldi antenna that reduced its physical dimensions such that it can be incorporated in a
compact microwave imaging detection system whilst maintaining its ditortionless performance
[20]. A typical Ultrawideband Antipodal Vivaldi antenna operates over an Ultrawideband
(UWB) from 3.1GHz to 10.6GHz with a peak gain of 10.2dBi at 8GHz. These characteristics
show that the Antipodal Vivaldi antenna has the potential to be used in medical imaging
applications. The antenna is capable of radiating an impulse with little distortion, and their
Superior directionality results in useful gain. This type of antenna is commonly used in
commercial systems.
4.4 Pyramidal Horn Antenna
Horn Antennas are capable of radiating an impulse with little distortion, and their directionality
results in useful gain. This type of antenna is commonly used in commercial systems, including
those produced by Geophysical Survey Systems, The antennas are known for their higher
aperture efficiencies but are constrained to certain applications due to their limited bandwidths.
However, the bandwidth of the horn antennas can be increased significantly by adding metallic
ridges to the waveguide and flared sections. Numerical and experimental investigations of
pyramidal horn antennas with double ridges have been reported [21]. A designed a modified
version of the ridged horn antenna in which the waveguide section is eliminated and one of the
two ridges is replaced by a curve metallic plane terminated by resistors. Later in 2003 Susan C.
Hagness and her team presented a complete numerical and experimental study of a specific
realization of this design, wherein the antenna is customized to centimeter scale dimensions for
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operation in the microwave frequency range 1 to 11 GHz [22]. The pyramidal horn is connected
to the outer conductor of the coaxial feed and serves as the ground plane, providing a current
return path. Because of the coaxial feed, the ground plane configuration eliminated the need for
a UWB Balun. The dimensions of the horn antenna are chosen according to the physical size
required and operating frequency range.
This antenna yields VSWR of less than 1.5 over the frequency range and fidelity of
approximately 0.96 in both the simulation and experiment [22]. The antenna has been tested
under low loss immersion medium and achieved similar VSWR and fidelity. Overall it is
evident that this type of antenna can be useful for biological sensing and imaging application.
4.5 Stacked-patch Antennas
While stacked-patch antennas are well known to have good operating bandwidths, the
bandwidths achieved are usually of the order of 30 % [23]. The stacked patch antenna
developed at the University of Bristol was designed from the outset to radiate directly into
breast tissues, and furthermore achieves a bandwidth of approximately 77 %. It achieves this
without resistive loading, and, in fact, FDTD models demonstrate that even if the losses in the
surrounding tissues are removed, the bandwidth is practically unchanged.
4.6 Log periodic and spiral antennas
Although both log periodic and spiral antennas can operate in the UWB frequency band (3.1-
10.6 GHz), they are not suitable for imaging applications because they have large physical
dimensions as well as their dispersive characteristics and severe ringing effect [23].
5. SELECTED EXPERIMENTAL MICROWAVE IMAGING SYSTEMS
Investigated operational systems with the characteristics are described in Table 1.
Origin Antenna configuration Targets
Dartmouth College 2-8 antennas mechanical
scanning, laser camera
system
500+patients
University of Bristol 60 antennas ceramic fitting cups 95 patients
University of Calgary 1 Antenna mechanical scanning Pilot clinical experiments 9 patients
McGill University 16 antennas two
perpendicular arcs
13 healthy patients
ETRI, Korea 16 antennas Dartmouth
inspired
Dogs Suitable for humans
Carolinas Medical 24 antennas 2-D dynamic
phenomena
Anesthetised pig
University of Michigan 36 bow ties, 3 circular
arrays
Acrylic spheres or
hyperthermia
Supélec 2 large horns w. retinas Tube with water in cylinder
w. Triton X-100 mixture
University of Manitoba 1 Vivaldi antenna Misc. dielectric cylinders
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Politecnico 8 monopole antennas Metal cylinder in glycerin/ water
Technical
Univ. of
Catalonia
1 fixed, 1 on linear
positioner
Misc. rods and cylinders Clay balls
in paraffin
6. CONCLUSION
The role of cancer screening and detection has become increasingly important leading to a
demand in effective diagnostic measures; in particular non-invasive and non-ionizing cancer
diagnostics. Microwaves, along with other methods, are actively pursued as an alternative to
existing imaging modalities, which may help reduce the number of false• positive and false-
negatives, especially in challenging cases radiographically dense breast tissue.
Microwave imaging is based on the significant dielectric contrast between normal and cancerous
breast tissues at microwave frequencies. The technique is considered particularly promising due
to the relatively short required penetration depth and the accessibility from different angles.
Nevertheless, there are challenges associated with this modality. In terms of experimental
implementation, the challenges include the design and fabrication of UWB antenna elements and
arrays, the management of the aperture size and scan time, etc. Recent research suggests the use
of microwaves for breast tumor detection, in particular the ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency
region, offering a promising trade-off between imaging resolution and tissue penetration depth.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to acknowledge Eng. Maged Eldaheebi for his advice and assistance. Many thanks to
all reviewers for their time and effort.
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