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2D Microwave Image Reconstruction of Breast Cancer Detector Using a Simplex Method and Method of Moments

  • Kim, Ki-Chai (Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Cho, Byung-Doo (Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hong (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Moon (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Jeon, Soon-Ik (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) ;
  • Pack, Jeong-Ki (Department of Radio Sciences and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2010.10.01
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

This paper presents a tumor detection system for breast cancer that utilizes two-dimensional (2D) image reconstruction with microwave tomographic imaging. The breast cancer detection system under development consists of 16 transmit/receive antennas, and the microwave tomography system operates at 900 MHz. To solve a 2D inverse scattering problem, the method of moments (MoM) is employed for forward problem solving, and the simplex method employed as an optimization algorithm. The results of the reconstructed image show that the method accurately shows the position of a breast tumor.

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