MEDICAL IMAGING WITH A MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHIC SCANNER

被引:107
作者
JOFRE, L
HAWLEY, MS
BROQUETAS, A
DELOSREYES, E
FERRANDO, M
ELIASFUSTE, AR
机构
[1] ETSE Telecomunicació, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, 08080 Barcelona, Spain
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10.1109/10.52331
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
A microwave tomographic scanner for biomedical applications is presented. The scanner consists of a 64 element circular array with a useful diameter of 20 cm. Electronically scanning the transmitting and receiving antennas allows mnltiview measurements with no mechanical movement. Imaging parameters are appropriate for medical use: a spatial resolution of 7 mm and a contrast resolution of 1% for a measurement time of 3 s. Measurements on tissue-simulating phantoms and volunteers, together with numerical simulations, are presented to assess the system for absolute imaging of tissue distribution and for differential imaging of physiological, pathological, and induced changes in tissues. © 1990 IEEE
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页码:303 / 312
页数:10
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