The Effect of Contrasts in Electrical and Mechanical Properties between Breast Tissues on Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging Signal

2021-01-01
Irgin, Umit
Top, Can Bars
Gençer, Nevzat Güneri
Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging (HMMDI) method employs concurrent tissue excitation with focused ultrasound radiation force and microwaves to obtain information on malignancy, based on the dielectric and mechanical properties of the tissues. In this study, we analyze the effect of dielectric and elastic contrasts between a small (tumor) inclusion (3 mm) and the surrounding normal tissue on the HMMDI signal as functions of inclusion position and vibration frequency (from 10 Hz to 95 Hz) using simulations. To solve the forward problem of HMMDI, we developed a Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) based simulation method, and analyzed the received HMMDI signal for low to medium dielectric contrast (1:1.17, 1:2.6, 1:3.5) and elastic contrast (1:1.5, 1:2.5, 1:5) levels. DDA solver decreased the simulation time by a factor of 146 compared to the Finite Difference Time Domain method and facilitated the extensive number of simulations required for the analysis. The results of this study provide useful information for the development of the HMMDI method as a tool for breast cancer detection in dense tissues.
IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology

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U. Irgin, C. B. Top, and N. G. Gençer, “The Effect of Contrasts in Electrical and Mechanical Properties between Breast Tissues on Harmonic Motion Microwave Doppler Imaging Signal,” IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85104612552&origin=inward.