Research Article
Development of Antenna for Microwave Imaging Systems for Breast Cancer Detection
Author(s): Samira Al\'Habsi, Thuraiya Al\'Ruzaiqi, Khalid Al\'Hadharami and Sreelakshmi T. GopinathanSamira Al\'Habsi, Thuraiya Al\'Ruzaiqi, Khalid Al\'Hadharami and Sreelakshmi T. Gopinathan
Motivation: Breast cancer is a major health problem globally for women causing an appreciable percentage of the yearly female death. Microwave imaging is a promising method in biomedical applications such as breast cancer detection due to its good penetration property, non-ionizing and non-invasive nature which has the potential to be a complementary modality to standard mammography. In this paper, An UWB Microstrip-fed Vivaldi antenna for microwave imaging systems aimed for an early breast cancer detection is developed.
Results: The Vivaldi antenna is designed to operate between 8.821 to 22.30 GHz with dimensions of 44.85 × 25.28 mm that permits good radiation within the frequency range. To achieve UWB performance, Taconic TLC-32 substrate which has relative permittivity of 3.2 has been used to simulate the antenna by using Antenna Ma.. View More»
