中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (9): 94101-094101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/9/094101

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

A double constrained robust capon beamforming based imaging method for early breast cancer detection

肖夏, 徐立, 李钦伟   

  1. School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-01-06 修回日期:2013-02-01 出版日期:2013-07-26 发布日期:2013-07-26
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61271323) and the Open Project from State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, China (Grant No. K200913).

A double constrained robust capon beamforming based imaging method for early breast cancer detection

Xiao Xia (肖夏), Xu Li (徐立), Li Qin-Wei (李钦伟)   

  1. School of Electronic Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2013-01-06 Revised:2013-02-01 Online:2013-07-26 Published:2013-07-26
  • Contact: Xiao Xia E-mail:xiaxiao@tju.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61271323) and the Open Project from State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, China (Grant No. K200913).

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摘要： Ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave images are proposed for detecting small malignant breast tumors based on the large contrast of electric parameters between a malignant tumor and normal breast tissue. In this study, an antenna array composed of 9 antennas is applied to the detection. The double constrained robust capon beamforming (DCRCB) algorithm is used for reconstructing the breast image due to its better stability and high signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). The successful detection of a tumor of 2 mm in diameter shown in the reconstruction demonstrates the robustness of the DCRCB beamforming algorithm. This study verifies the feasibility of detecting small breast tumors by using the DCRCB imaging algorithm.

关键词: ultra wideband, early breast cancer detection, double constrained robust capon beamforming algorithm, antenna array

Abstract: Ultra-wideband (UWB) microwave images are proposed for detecting small malignant breast tumors based on the large contrast of electric parameters between a malignant tumor and normal breast tissue. In this study, an antenna array composed of 9 antennas is applied to the detection. The double constrained robust capon beamforming (DCRCB) algorithm is used for reconstructing the breast image due to its better stability and high signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). The successful detection of a tumor of 2 mm in diameter shown in the reconstruction demonstrates the robustness of the DCRCB beamforming algorithm. This study verifies the feasibility of detecting small breast tumors by using the DCRCB imaging algorithm.

Key words: ultra wideband, early breast cancer detection, double constrained robust capon beamforming algorithm, antenna array

中图分类号:  (Applied classical electromagnetism)

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41.20.Jb (Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation) 41.20.Gz (Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems) 02.70.Bf (Finite-difference methods)