An ultra-wideband microwave tomography system: preliminary results.
We describe a 2D wide-band multi-frequency microwave imaging system intended for biomedical imaging. The system is capable of collecting data from 2-10 GHz, with 24 antenna elements connected to a vector network analyzer via a 2 x 24 port matrix switch. Through the use of two different nonlinear reconstruction schemes: the Multiplicative-Regularized Contrast Source Inversion method and an enhanced version of the Distorted Born Iterative Method, we show preliminary imaging results from dielectric phantoms where data were collected from 3-6 GHz. The early inversion results show that the system is capable of quantitatively reconstructing dielectric objects.
Gilmore
Colin
C
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
Mojabi
Puyan
P
Zakaria
Amer
A
Ostadrahimi
Majid
M
Kaye
Cam
C
Noghanian
Sima
S
Shafai
Lotfollah
L
Pistorius
Stephen
S
LoVetri
Joe
J
D000465:Algorithms; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000379:methods; D002138:Calibration; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D015233:Models, Statistical; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014054:Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*