UWB antenna for medical image

Abstract

Medical imaging based on different technologies is an essential tool in clinical practice, either to provide an accurate initial diagnosis or to monitoring diseases evolution. Microwave imaging technique has recently emerged as complementary method for breast imaging with high potential to become quite important for biomedical applications. This paper contributes to the technological development of this new technique, with the development of a broadband antenna (3 to 10 GHz) that operate in the range of the microwaves, which can be used for the detection of possible tumors, in particular, breast cancer. Also, some preliminary experience in a test bed is considered in order to detect possible differences between three samples which represent different situations: healthy breast, benign and malignant tumor breast.