Reference phantoms for microwave imaging

Nadine Joachimowicz (1) , Bernard Duchêne (2) , Christophe Conessa (1) , Olivier Meyer (1)

1 GeePs - Laboratoire Génie électrique et électronique de Paris
2 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes

Microwave imaging offers an alternative modality for breast cancer screening and for the diagnosis of cerebrovascular accidents. Before clinical application, the performances of microwave imaging systems have to be assessed on anatomically detailed anthropomorphic phantoms. This paper presents advances in the development of breast and head phantoms based upon 3D-printed structures filled up with liquid solutions that mimic the biological tissues in terms of complex permittivity in a broad microwave frequency band.

Mots clés: cerebrovascular accidents; breast cancer screening; microwave imaging systems; alternative modality; anatomically detailed anthropomorphic phantoms; head phantoms; breast phantoms; 3D-printed structures; liquid solutions; clinical application; reference phantoms; biological tissues; complex permittivity; broad microwave frequency band

Domaines: Electromagnétisme

Nadine Joachimowicz, Bernard Duchêne, Christophe Conessa, Olivier Meyer. Reference phantoms for microwave imaging. 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2017), Mar 2017, Paris, France. pp.2725-2728, ⟨10.23919/eucap.2017.7928497⟩. ⟨hal-01587661⟩