title: Flexible sixteen monopole antenna array for microwave breast cancer detection.
abstract: Radar based microwave imaging (MI) has been widely studied for breast cancer detection in recent times. Sensing dielectric property differences of tissues over a wide frequency band has been made possible by ultra-wideband (UWB) techniques. In this paper, a flexible, compact monopole antenna on a 100 μm Kapton polyimide is designed, using a high frequency structure simulator (HFSS), to be in contact with biological breast tissues over the 2-5GHz frequency range. The antenna parameters are optimized to obtain a good impedance match over the required frequency range. The designed antenna size is 18mm × 18mm. Further, a flexible conformal 4×4 ultra-wideband antenna array, in a format similar to that of a bra, was developed for a radar-based breast cancer detection system.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bahrami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santorelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Popovic
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rusch
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves