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Microwave imaging based breast tumor detection using compact wide slotted UWB patch antenna

MD. TARIKUL ISLAM1,* , M. SAMSUZZAMAN1, M. R. I. FARUQUE2, MANDEEP JIT SINGH1, M. T. ISLAM1

Affiliation

  1. Center of Advanced Electronic and Communication Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
  2. Space Science Center (ANGKASA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia

Abstract

A compact ultra-wideband(UWB) antenna and an antenna array based Microwave Imaging system are presented in this paper. The presented antenna is consist of a rectangular slotted patch, tapered slot ground with 1.6 mm height which has a compact size of 21.44 × 23.53 mm2. Numerous parameters are considered and optimized for using the proposed antenna in breast imaging system over ultra-wideband (UWB) frequency (3.1-10.6 GHz). The antenna offers an operating bandwidth of about 8.51 GHz (3.49-12 GHz) for reflection co-efficient -10dB with good impedance matching, 5.76 dBi of highest gain and about 92% of average radiation efficiency with stable radiation pattern. The fidelity factor is 82% for face to face direction and for side by side is 90%, that indicates the directionality and lower alteration of the received signal. The antenna is fabricated and the properties are measured to observe the antenna performance. The array setup of 7 antennas is used to measure the backscattering signal of the breast phantom and observe the significant change of signal with and without tumor cell inside the phantom. The images generated form the analysis of backscattering signal is presented..

Keywords

Ultra wideband, Slotted patch, Microwave imaging, Breast imaging.

Citation

MD. TARIKUL ISLAM, M. SAMSUZZAMAN, M. R. I. FARUQUE, MANDEEP JIT SINGH, M. T. ISLAM, Microwave imaging based breast tumor detection using compact wide slotted UWB patch antenna, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 13, 7-8, July-August 2019, pp.448-457 (2019).

Submitted at: June 25, 2018

Accepted at: Aug. 20, 2019