Ghavami, N;
Tiberi, G;
Ghavami, M;
Dudley, S;
Lane, M;
(2016)
Huygens principle based UWB microwave imaging method for skin cancer detection.
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2016 10th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP).
(pp. pp. 1-4).
IEEE
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Abstract
In recent years, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology has emerged as a promising alternative for use in a wide range of applications. One of the potential applications of UWB is in healthcare and imaging, motivated by its non-ionizing signals, low cost, low complexity, and its ability to penetrate through mediums. Moreover, the large bandwidth covered by UWB signals permits the very high resolution required in imaging experiments. In this paper, a recently introduced UWB microwave imaging technique based on the Huygens principle (HP), has been applied to multilayered skin model with an inclusion representing a tumor. The methodology of HP permits the capture of contrast such that different material properties within the region of interest can be discriminated in the final image, and its simplicity removes the need to solve inverse problems when forward propagating the waves. Therefore the procedure can identify and localize significant scatterers inside a multilayered volume. Validation of the technique through simulations on multilayered cylindrical model of the skin with inclusion representing the tumor has been performed.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Huygens principle based UWB microwave imaging method for skin cancer detection |
| Event: | CSNDSP16 - 10th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing |
| Location: | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Dates: | 20th July 2016 - 22nd July 2016 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781509025268 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/CSNDSP.2016.7573969 |
| Publisher version: | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7573969/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. |
| Keywords: | Epidermis, Image resolution, Imaging, Permittivity, Skin cancer, Tumors |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1527355 |
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