Investigations into cylindrical and planar configurations of a microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection

An experimental study concerning planar and cylindrical configurations of a microwave imaging system with step-frequency synthesized pulse for breast cancer detection is described. A simple phantom, consisting of a cylindrical plastic container with low dielectric constant material imitating fatty tissues and a small highly reflective object emulating tumour, is scanned with a probe antenna in the X-band. Different calibration schemes are considered for the successful detection of the target