Design of Hemispherical Antenna for Breast Cancer Detection

Abstract

Microwave imaging has proven to be successful for medical imaging applications including breast cancer, lungs cancer, brain stroke detection, cardiac imaging etc. Microwave imaging has the ability to detect malignancy present at depth of tissue, providing non-invasive imaging, measuring dielectric contrast between tissues. This imaging procedure provides an effective substitute of mammography, ultrasound or MRI as all these screenings provide unreliable and uncomfortable detection. In this thesis, microwave imaging system has been simulated for breast tumor detection. The designed microwave imaging system includes the use of holographic imaging. For the design of holographic imaging array, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) breast models have been designed in MATLAB. Holographic array simulations have been carried out in MATLAB. To efficiently reconstruct an image, inverse scattering algorithm has been applied in holography imaging array. The building block of microwave imaging is to design a suitable antenna that must efficiently transmit and receive electromagnetic signals. An efficient compact double layer antenna has been designed in HFSS for the breast malignancy detection system. The antenna provides good impedance matching, wide bandwidth, stable and symmetric radiation pattern for near field imaging. To improve the performance of imaging system, the antenna was simulated in an array configuration. To overcome the drawbacks of array system, a novel array topology has been simulated in HFSS. The designed array system consists of separate transmitters and receivers for imaging, to provide low cost, reliable and effective detection