Received Signal in Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging as a Function of Tumor Position in a 3D Scheme

2017-02-08
IRGIN, Umit
TOP, Can Baris
TAFRESHI, Azadeh Kamali
Gençer, Nevzat Güneri
Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging method, which was proposed as an alternative method for breast tumor detection, is a combination of microwave radar and focused ultrasound techniques yielding data depending on electrical and mechanical properties of the tissue. In this study, Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging data from a small tumor inside homogeneous fat is analyzed as a function of tumor location on three orthogonal planes using Finite Difference Time Domain simulations. The results show that the resolution on the order of millimeters is achievable with this method.

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Citation Formats
U. IRGIN, C. B. TOP, A. K. TAFRESHI, and N. G. Gençer, “Received Signal in Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging as a Function of Tumor Position in a 3D Scheme,” 2017, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36130.