论文信息 - Investigations into a wideband reflectometer for application in a microwave breast cancer detection system

Investigations into a wideband reflectometer for application in a microwave breast cancer detection system

Investigations into the design and calibration of a wideband reflectometer for the purpose of inclusion in a microwave imaging system for breast cancer detection is presented. The reflectometer design is based on the concept of six-port reflectometer with real-time display capabilities. In order to overcome its non-ideal performance, a one-port calibration procedure with three calibration standards is applied. The simulation results performed with Agilent ADS and Matlab show that the calibrated instrument performs reasonably well over a wide frequency band

N. Seman | M.E. Bialkowski

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