TY  - JOUR
Y1  - 2021///
SN  - 2072666X
PB  - MDPI AG
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85107921394&doi=10.3390%2fmi12060647&partnerID=40&md5=b117b0a34d1a2993e538af257c7e3108
A1  - Alani, S.
A1  - Zakaria, Z.
A1  - Saeidi, T.
A1  - Ahmad, A.
A1  - Imran, M.A.
A1  - Abbasi, Q.H.
JF  - Micromachines
VL  - 12
AV  - none
N2  - Skin cancer is one of the most widespread and fast growing of all kinds of cancer since it affects the human body easily due to exposure to the Sunâ??s rays. Microwave imaging has shown better outcomes with higher resolution, faster processing time, mobility, and less cutter and artifact effects. A miniaturized elliptical ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna and its semi-spherical array arrangement were used for signal transmission and reception from the defected locations in the breast skin. Several conditions such as various arrays of three, six, and nine antenna elements, smaller tumor, multi-tumors, and skin on a larger breast sample of 30 cm were considered. To assess the ability of the system, a breast shape container with a diameter of 130 mm and height of 60 mm was 3D printed and then filled with fabricated skin and breast fat to perform the experimental investigation. An improved modified time-reversal algorithm (IMTR) was used to recreate 2D images of tumors with the smallest radius of 1.75 mm in any location within the breast skin. The reconstructed images using both simulated and experimental data verified that the system can be a reliable imaging system for skin cancer diagnosis having a high structural similarity index and resolution. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
N1  - cited By 8
IS  - 6
KW  - 3D printers; Antenna arrays; Dermatology; Diagnosis; Diseases; Image enhancement; Image resolution; Imaging systems; Tumors; Ultra-wideband (UWB)
KW  -  Experimental investigations; Higher resolution; Microwave imaging; Reconstructed image; Signal transmission; Structural similarity indices; Time reversal algorithms; Ultra-wideband antennas
KW  -  Medical imaging
TI  - Microwave imaging of breast skin utilizing elliptical uwb antenna and reverse problems algorithm
ID  - scholars14854
ER  -